Слово англійською: need
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Переклад need українською: потре́ба в чо́му, потребува́ти що, вимагати чогось/когось, тому що вони є важливими або дуже важливими, а не лише тому, що ви хотіли б їх мати
Детальний опис
- to require something/somebody because they are essential or very important, not just because you would like to have them
- need something/somebody Do you need any help?
- It's here if you need it.
- Don't go—I might need you.
- They badly needed a change.
- We desperately need hard facts on this disease.
- Food aid is urgently needed.
- What do you need your own computer for? You can use ours.
- She needs more time to recover.
- People need income not handouts.
- More new housing is needed in the city.
- I don't need your comments, thank you.
- need to do something I need to get some sleep.
- He needs to win this game to stay in the match.
- You don't need to leave yet, do you?
- You need to know how toxic the product is.
- This shirt needs to be washed.
- something needs doing This shirt needs washing.
- need to do something used to show what you should or have to do
- All you need to do is complete this form.
- I didn't need to go to the bank after all—Mary lent me the money.
- You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation.
Grammar Point needneed- There are two separate verbs need.
- Need as a main verb has the question form do you need?, the negative you don’t need and the past forms needed, did you need? and didn’t need. It has two meanings: 1. to require something or to think that something is necessary:
- Do you need any help?
- I needed to get some sleep.
2. to have to or to be obliged to do something:- Will we need to show our passports?
- Need as a modal verb has need for all forms of the present tense, need you? as the question form and need not (needn’t) as the negative. To talk about the past, use the perfect forms need have and needn’t have with the past participle. It is used to say that something is or is not necessary:
- Need I pay the whole amount now?
Word OriginOld English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger’.
Idioms need (to have) your head examined
- (informal) to be crazy