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need
/ˈnid/
(vt.)需要,要(aux.)必須,不得不U需要,必要;需用的東西,需求
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Need
n.
1.
A
state
that
requires
supply
or
relief
;
pressing
occasion
for
something
;
necessity
;
urgent
want
.
And
the
city
had
no
need
of
the
sun
.
--
Rev
.
xxi
. 23.
I
have
no
need
to
beg
.
--
Shak
.
Be
governed
by
your
needs
,
not
by
your
fancy
.
--
Jer
.
Taylor
.
2.
Want
of
the
means
of
subsistence
;
poverty
;
indigence
;
destitution
.
Famine
is
in
thy
cheeks
;
Need
and
oppression
starveth
in
thine
eyes
. --
Shak
.
3.
That
which
is
needful
;
anything
necessary
to
be
done
; (
pl.
)
necessary
things
;
business
. [
Obs
.]
4.
Situation
of
need
;
peril
;
danger
. [
Obs
.]
Syn:
--
Exigency
;
emergency
;
strait
;
extremity
;
necessity
;
distress
;
destitution
;
poverty
;
indigence
;
want
;
penury
.
Usage:
--
Need
,
Necessity
.
Necessity
is
stronger
than
need
;
it
places
us
under
positive
compulsion
.
We
are
frequently
under
the
necessity
of
going
without
that
of
which
we
stand
very
greatly
in
need
.
It
is
also
with
the
corresponding
adjectives
;
necessitous
circumstances
imply
the
direct
pressure
of
suffering
;
needy
circumstances
,
the
want
of
aid
or
relief
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Need
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Needed
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Needing
.]
To
be
in
want
of
;
to
have
cause
or
occasion
for
;
to
lack
;
to
require
,
as
supply
or
relief
.
Other
creatures
all
day
long
Rove
idle
,
unemployed
,
and
less
need
rest
. --
Milton
.
Note:
☞
With
another
verb
,
need
is
used
like
an
auxiliary
,
generally
in
a
negative
sentence
expressing
requirement
or
obligation
,
and
in
this
use
it
undergoes
no
change
of
termination
in
the
third
person
singular
of
the
present
tense
.
“And
the
lender
need
not
fear
he
shall
be
injured.”
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Need
,
v. i.
To
be
wanted
;
to
be
necessary
.
When
we
have
done
it
,
we
have
done
all
that
is
in
our
power
,
and
all
that
needs
.
--
Locke
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Need
,
adv.
Of
necessity
.
See
Needs
. [
Obs
.]
◄
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
need
n
1:
a
condition
requiring
relief
; "
she
satisfied
his
need
for
affection
"; "
God
has
no
need
of
men
to
accomplish
His
work
"; "
there
is
a
demand
for
jobs
" [
syn
:
demand
]
2:
anything
that
is
necessary
but
lacking
; "
he
had
sufficient
means
to
meet
his
simple
needs
"; "
I
tried
to
supply
his
wants
" [
syn
:
want
]
3:
the
psychological
feature
that
arouses
an
organism
to
action
toward
a
desired
goal
;
the
reason
for
the
action
;
that
which
gives
purpose
and
direction
to
behavior
; "
we
did
not
understand
his
motivation
"; "
he
acted
with
the
best
of
motives
" [
syn
:
motivation
,
motive
]
4:
a
state
of
extreme
poverty
or
destitution
; "
their
indigence
appalled
him
"; "
a
general
state
of
need
exists
among
the
homeless
" [
syn
:
indigence
,
penury
,
beggary
,
pauperism
,
pauperization
]
v
1:
require
as
useful
,
just
,
or
proper
; "
It
takes
nerve
to
do
what
she
did
"; "
success
usually
requires
hard
work
";
"
This
job
asks
a
lot
of
patience
and
skill
"; "
This
position
demands
a
lot
of
personal
sacrifice
"; "
This
dinner
calls
for
a
spectacular
dessert
"; "
This
intervention
does
not
postulates
a
patient's
consent
"
[
syn
:
necessitate
,
ask
,
postulate
,
require
,
take
,
involve
,
call for
,
demand
] [
ant
:
obviate
]
2:
have
need
of
; "
This
piano
wants
the
attention
of
a
competent
tuner
" [
syn
:
want
,
require
]
3:
have
or
feel
a
need
for
; "
always
needing
friends
and
money
"
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