needs
/niːdz/adverb
- archaic of necessity〈古〉必定, 必需。
短语
must needs(或needs must)do something
- cannot avoid or help doing something必须, 不得不:
they must needs depart.
他们不得不离开。
needs must
- it is or was necessary or unavoidable必须, 不得不:
if needs must, they will eat any food.
如果必须的话, 他们什么食物都会吃。
needs must when the Devil drives
- proverb sometimes you have to do something you would rather not.〈谚〉情势所迫, 只得如此。
词源
Old English nēdes (see NEED, -S3).