needs
英 [niːdz]
美 [niːdz]
adv. 必定; 必须
n. 需要; 必须; 特别需要; 迫切要求; 需要的事物; 欲望
v. 需要; 必需; (表示应该或不得不做)有必要
need的第三人称单数和复数
习惯用语
adv.
- needs must (when the Devil drives)
- (情势所迫)只好如此;不得已而为之
in certain situations it is necessary for you to do sth that you do not like or enjoy
牛津词典
adv.
- 必定;必须
in a way that cannot be avoided- We must needs depart.
我们必须离开。
- We must needs depart.
柯林斯词典
- VERB (为做成某事或正常生活)要求有,必须有,需要
If youneedsomething, orneed todo something, you cannot successfully achieve what you want or live properly without it.- He desperately needed money...
他迫切需要钱。 - These diets provide everything your body needs...
这些饮食提供了你身体需要的所有营养。 - I need to make a phone call...
我要打个电话。 - A baby does not need to wear shoes until he starts to walk...
婴儿在开始走路前不需要穿鞋。 - I need you to do something for me...
我需要你为我做点儿什么。 - I need you here, Wally...
我这儿需要你,沃利。 - I need you sane and sober.
我要你清醒、冷静。 - Needis also a noun.
- Charles has never felt the need to compete with anyone.
查尔斯从未感到有与任何人竞争的必要。 - ...the child who never had his need for attention and importance satisfied.
渴望得到关注和重视但从未获得过满足的孩子 - ...the special nutritional needs of the elderly.
老年人的特殊营养需要
- He desperately needed money...
- VERB (表示某一做法对某事物或地方有益)应该,应当,需要
If an object or placeneedssomething doing to it, that action should be done to improve the object or place. If a taskneedsdoing, it should be done to improve a particular situation.- The building needs quite a few repairs.
该建筑有好几处应该修缮。 - ...a garden that needs tidying...
应该清整的花园 - The taste of vitamins is not too nice so the flavour sometimes needs to be disguised.
维生素的口味不太好,所以有时需要掩盖一下。
- The building needs quite a few repairs.
- N-SING 必要;需要
If there is aneed forsomething, that thing would improve a situation or something cannot happen without it.- Mr Forrest believes there is a need for other similar schools throughout Britain...
福里斯特先生认为全英国都需要有类似的学校。 - 'I think we should see a specialist.' — 'I don't think there's any need for that.'...
“我想我们应该见见专家。”——“我认为没有任何必要。” - There's no need for you to stay.
你不需要呆在这儿了。
- Mr Forrest believes there is a need for other similar schools throughout Britain...
- MODAL 不必,没有必要(用于告知或建议)
If you say that someoneneedn'tdo something, you are telling them not to do it, or advising or suggesting that they should not do it.- 'I'll put the key in the window.' — 'You needn't bother,' he said gruffly...
“我会把钥匙放在窗户里。”——“不必麻烦了,”他粗声说道。 - Look, you needn't shout...
嗨,你不必大喊大叫。 - She need not know I'm here.
她不必知道我在这儿。 - Needis also a verb.
- Well, for Heaven's sake, you don't need to apologize...
噢,看在上天的份上,你不用道歉。 - Come along, Mother, we don't need to take up any more of Mr Kemp's time.
走吧,妈妈,我们不必再打扰肯普先生了。
- 'I'll put the key in the window.' — 'You needn't bother,' he said gruffly...
- MODAL (与否定词连用)不必,没有必要
If you tell someone that theyneedn'tdo something, or that somethingneedn'thappen, you are telling them that that thing is not necessary, in order to make them feel better.- You needn't worry...
你不必担心。 - This needn't take long, Simon...
西蒙,这花不了多长时间。 - Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style...
买价钱经济的家具并不意味着就要牺牲质量和样式。 - Loneliness can be horrible, but it need not remain that way...
孤独可能会很可怕,但也并非一定如此。 - He need never drink again if he doesn't want to.
如果他不想喝酒的话,他可以永远不再喝了。 - Needis also a verb.
- He replied, with a reassuring smile, 'Oh, you don't need to worry about them.'...
他面带让人安心的微笑回答道:“噢,你不必为他们担心。” - You don't need to be a millionaire to consider having a bank account in Switzerland.
想在瑞士银行开个账户,你不必非得是个百万富翁。
- You needn't worry...
- MODAL (与否定词连用)准许不做,可以不做
You useneedn'twhen you are giving someone permission not to do something.- You needn't come again, if you don't want to...
如果你不想来,可以不用再来。 - Well, you needn't tell me anything if you don't want to.
好吧,如果你不想告诉我,可以什么也不说。 - Needis also a verb.
- You don't need to wait for me...
你不必等我。 - Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.
妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着。
- You needn't come again, if you don't want to...
- MODAL (与否定词连用)未必,不一定
If somethingneed notbe true, it is not necessarily true or not always true.- What is right for us need not be right for others...
对我们来说是对的东西,对别人来说未必正确。 - Freedom need not mean independence.
自由不一定意味着独立。
- What is right for us need not be right for others...
- MODAL (与否定词连用)本来不必,本来不需要
If someoneneedn't havedone something, it was not necessary or useful for them to do it, although they did it.- She could have made the sandwich herself; her mum needn't have bothered to do anything...
她本来可以自己做三明治的;她妈妈原本不必费心做任何事情。 - I was a little nervous when I announced my engagement to Grace, but I needn't have worried...
我宣布和格雷丝订婚时有点紧张,但我本不必担心的。 - We spent a hell of a lot of money that we needn't have spent.
我们花了很多本来不需要花的钱。 - If someonedidn't need todo something, they needn't have done it.
(与否定词连用)本不必做,本无须做 - You didn't need to give me any more money you know, but thank you.
你看你原本不必再给我钱的,但还是要谢谢你。
- She could have made the sandwich herself; her mum needn't have bothered to do anything...
- MODAL (与否定词连用)无需说,不必说
You useneedin expressions such asI need hardly sayandI needn't addto emphasize that the person you are talking to already knows what you are going to say.- I needn't add that if you fail to do as I ask, you will suffer the consequences.
如果你没按我的要求做的话,后果请自负——这话我就不必再说了吧。 - Needis also a verb.
- I hardly need to say that I have never lost contact with him.
几乎不用说,我从未和他失去联系。
- I needn't add that if you fail to do as I ask, you will suffer the consequences.
- MODAL 还需要再说吗;还要我继续说吗
You can useneedin expressions such as 'Need I say more' and 'Need I go on' when you want to avoid stating an obvious consequence of something you have just said.- Mid-fifties, short black hair, grey moustache, distinctive Russian accent. Need I go on?
五十四五岁,黑色短发,灰色八字胡,明显的俄国口音,还需要我继续说吗?
- Mid-fifties, short black hair, grey moustache, distinctive Russian accent. Need I go on?
- PHRASE 贫困的;困难中的
Peoplein needdo not have enough of essential things such as money, food, or good health.- The education authorities have to provide for children in need...
教育主管部门得救助贫困儿童。 - Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one who loaned you money.
记住,在你们两个都有困难的时候,是我借钱给你们的。
- The education authorities have to provide for children in need...
- PHRASE 有…的需要;有…的必要
If you arein need ofsomething, you need it or ought to have it.- I was all right but in need of rest...
我没事,就是需要休息一下。 - He was badly in need of a shave...
他早就应该刮一下胡子了。 - The house was in need of modernisation when they bought it.
他们买下时,这栋房子需要进行现代化改造。
- I was all right but in need of rest...
- PHRASE 需要的话;如有必要(英国英语中亦作 if needs be)
If you say that you will do something, especially an extreme action,if need be, you mean that you will do if it is necessary. In British English, you can also sayif needs be.- They will now seek permission to take their case to the House of Lords, and, if need be, to the European Court of Human Rights.
他们现在将争取获准将案件呈交上议院审理,并且,如有必要,会上诉到欧洲人权法院。
- They will now seek permission to take their case to the House of Lords, and, if need be, to the European Court of Human Rights.
- PHRASE 没有必要;不必
You can tell someone thatthere's no needfor them to do something as a way of telling them not to do it or of telling them to stop doing it, for example because it is unnecessary.- There's no need to call a doctor...
没有必要叫医生。 - There's no need for that kind of language in this magazine...
这份杂志没必要出现那种语言。 - 'I'm going to come with you.'—'Now look, Sue, there's no need.'
“我跟你一起去。”——“休,你看,没这个必要。”
- There's no need to call a doctor...
- PHRASE 没人需要;没谁需要
You can say 'Who needssomething?' as a way of emphasizing that you think that this thing is unnecessary or not useful.- With apologies to my old history teacher, who needs history lessons?...
这话对不住我亲爱的历史老师,不过有谁需要历史课呢? - Cigarettes, who needs them?
香烟,谁会要呀?
- With apologies to my old history teacher, who needs history lessons?...
Needsometimes behaves like an ordinary verb, for example 'She needs to know' and 'She doesn't need to know' and sometimes like a modal, for example 'She need know', 'She needn't know', or, in more formal English, 'She need not know.' need
有时用作普通动词,例如:She needs to know (她需要知道),She doesn't need to know (她不需要知道)。有时 need 用作情态动词,例如:She need know, She needn't know 或更为正式的说法:She need not know。
英英释义
adv
- in such a manner as could not be otherwise
- it is necessarily so
- we must needs by objective
双语例句
- The needs and opinions of ordinary working people were ignored
普通劳动者的需求和意见遭到忽视。 - Mazda needs to reposition itself if it is to boost its sales and reputation.
要想提升销量和声誉,马自达公司需要对自己重新定位。 - In some cases, US industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products
某些情况下,美国工业在产品设计上忽略了客户的需求。 - This room needs cleaning up.
这房间需要打扫。 - We may be able to design a course to suit your particular needs
我们或许可以专门设计一门课程以满足你的特殊需求。 - Our children's different needs and learning styles created many problems
孩子们不同的需求和学习方式给我们带来了许多问题。 - He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.
他需要从他敬重的人那里获得建议,而他一向都很敬重你。 - The front door needs a new coat of paint
前门需要刷一层新漆了。 - We must orient our work to the needs of the people.
我们必须使我们的工作面向人民的需要。 - The industry is inappropriate to the region's present and future needs
该行业不适合该地区当前和未来的需要。