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  • Conjugation : past  needed ; pp  needed ; ing  needing
  • Derivatives : n  needer
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

need [niːd]
  1. 1. vt. (require) 需要
    The animals need food supplements throughout the winter.
    动物整个冬天需要食物补给
    You need glasses.
    你得戴眼镜。
  2. 2. vt. [+drink] [ holiday] [ cigarette] (want) 想要
    I need a holiday.
    想要去度假
  3. 3. vt. [+a haircut] [ a bath] [ a wash] (could do with) 得
    The car needs a wash.
    这车得洗洗了。
  4. 4. noun [s] (demand) 需求
    These groups are obviously answering a need.
    这些团体显然是在满足一种需求
  5. 5. noun (necessity) 必要
    There's a need for more information.
    必要寻求一些信息
  6. 6. n pl needs (requirements) 需求
    He had not been able to satisfy her emotional needs.
    他没能满足感情上的需求
    the needs of industry
    工业需求
    to need to do sth
    必须做某事
    You need to see a doctor.
    必须看医生
    the car needs servicing
    这辆车需要维修
    you don't need (to have) a degree to see what's going on
    你很容易就能知道发生什么
    he doesn't need to know {or} he needn't know
    不必知道
    "need I stay?" - "no, you needn't"
    需要留下吗?” “不必了”
    to be in need
    困难
    to be (badly) in need of sth
    (急)需某物
    (there's) no need
    (那)不用
    there's no need to shout
    嚷嚷
    there's no need for us to finish this
    我们没有必要做完
    he has no need to work
    没有必要工作
    to feel the need to do sth
    觉得应该做某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

need [niːd]
  1. 1. v.aux 必须有……的必要
  2. 2. vt. 要求需要
  3. 3. vt. 必须有……的必要
  4. 4. vt. 想要渴求
  5. 5. n.[u] 需要需求
    She satisfied his need for affection.
    满足他的情感需求
    God has no need of men to accomplish his work.
    上帝需要别人帮他完成工作
  6. 6. n.[c] [Plural] 必需品,需要物
    He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs.
    他有足够多的方法满足简单的需求
  7. 7. n.[c] 需求欲求
  8. 8. n.[u] 穷困贫穷
    A general state of need exists among the homeless.
    无家可归的人都需要帮助
  9. 9. n.[u] 困境逆境

Collins English-English Dictionary

need [niːd]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to be in want of
    to need money
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to require or be required of necessity (to be or do something); be obliged
    to need to do more work
  3. 3. vt. [takes an infinitive without to] used as an auxiliary in negative and interrogative sentences to express necessity or obligation and does not add -s when used with he, she, it, and singular nouns
    need he go?
  4. 4. vi. [intr] [Archaic] to be essential or necessary to
    there needs no reason for this
  5. 5. n the fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something
    he has need of a new coat
  6. 6. n a requirement
    the need for vengeance
  7. 7. n necessity or obligation resulting from some situation
    no need to be frightened
  8. 8. n distress or extremity
    a friend in need
  9. 9. n extreme poverty or destitution; penury
  10. 10. n See also needs
  11. 11. n [Etymology] Old English nead, nied; related to Old Frisian ned, Old Saxon nod, Old High German not

Examples

I need to look up a number for someone I need to call.
我要查查那个我要打电话的人的号码。
a crying need
迫切的需要
a dire need
极需,急需
a need for improvement
改进的必要
I came instantly I saw the need.
我一看到有需要就马上来了。

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