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need MUST DOni:dv [not be needing]he/she/it needs or need to have (to)必须作; 不得不He needs to lose a bit of weight. [+ to infinitive]他必须适度减肥。Before we make a decision, we need to consider our options. [+ to infinitive]在作决定之前，我们必须考虑各种抉择。I need to do some shopping on my way home from work. [+ to infinitive]我必须在下班回家路上买点东西。We need to find a solution to the problem of pollution in our cities. [+ to infinitive]我们必须解决我们城市的污染问题。I don't think we need ask him. [+ infinitive without to]我认为我们不必去问他。Nothing need be done about this till next week. [+ infinitive without to]下周之前在这方面无事可做。(slightly fml) "Need we take your mother?" "No, we needn't/I don't think we need." [+ infinitive without to]“我们要接你妈妈吗?”“不，（我认为）我们不必接她。”We needn't go till about ten o'clock. [+ infinitive without to]我们要到十点左右才走。If you say that someone or something needn't do something, you can also mean that there is no reason for them to do it.不必要; 没有理由做…You needn't worry--I'm not going to mention it to anyone. [+ infinitive without to]你没有必要担心，我不会跟别人提起它。It's a wonderful way of getting to see Italy, and it needn't cost very much. [+ infinitive without to]这是到意大利游览的好办法，也不需花许多钱。If you say that someone didn't need to do something, it means either that they did it although they did not have to, or that they did not do it because they did not have to.没有必要做某事I didn't need to buy any extra material. [+ to infinitive]我不需要买额外的衣料。(esp. Br) If you tell someone they needn't have done something you mean that it was not necessary for them to have done it, although they did do it.不必做的(实际上已经做了)You needn't have washed all those dishes, you know--I'd have done them myself when I got home. [+ infinitive without to]你不必洗这些盘碟的，回家后我自己会洗的。You needn't have worried about the dinner--it was absolutely delicious! [+ infinitive without to]你不用为饭菜担心，它绝对是美味可口的！The accident need never (= should not) have happened. [+ infinitive without to]事故是不应该发生的。Needn't can also be used in a threatening way to mean 'shouldn't'.（威胁地）别He needn't think I'm going to clean up after him all the while! [+ infinitive without to]他别指望我老跟在他后面打扫！You needn't laugh! It'll be your turn next! [+ infinitive without to]你别笑！下回轮到你了！"Did he upset a lot of people at the meeting?" " Need you ask (= Yes, as expected)!"“他在会上招惹许多人了吗?”“那还用问吗！”I need hardly say (= It is obvious) what a pleasure it is to see you.不用我说你也知道，我见到你多高兴。Need I say (= Obviously), I'm extremely sorry to hear the news about your father.还用说?我听到你父亲的消息很难受。Tom was doing the cooking--need I say more? (= you know what to expect after I have told you that).汤姆在做饭----还要我多说吗?When followed by 'to'+ infinitive, the he/she/it form of 'need'is 'needs'. When it is used on its own or followed by an infinitive without 'to', the he/she/it form is 'need'. In questions and negative sentences, you can follow 'need'with either 'to'+ infinitive, or with an infinitive without 'to'. But in ordinary positive sentences, it can only be followed by 'to'+ infinitive. To form the negative of 'need', you can say either 'need not/needn't go'or 'do not/don't need to go'. When describing what someone said in the past, 'need'can be used as a past formHe told me I needn't be afraid means He said "You needn't be afraid".“他告诉我不必害怕”相当于:“他说‘你不必害怕。’”
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