Needs

Definition

need /ni:d/ modal v ( neg need not; short form needn't /'ni:dnt/) (if, whether, hardly, scarcely, no one စသည္ ေနာက္မွ မရိွ၊ မဟုတ္ အဓိပၸာယ္ေဆာင္သည့္ ဝါက်မ်ား၊ ေမးခြန္းမ်ား၌ သံုးသည္။ ) လိုသည္။ You needn't finish that work today. ❍ He asked whether he need send a deposit. ❍ If she wants anything, she need only ask. ❍ I need hardly tell you (ie You must already know) that the work is dangerous. ❍ Nobody need be afraid of catching the disease. ❍ You needn't have hurried. ❍ She needn't have come in person—a letter would have been enough. ❍ Need you have paid so much?  MUST v ၁။ လိုအပ္သည္။ That dog needs a bath. ❍ Do you need any help? ❍ He needed six points for a win. ❍ What we need is some proof. ❍ Don't go—I may need you. ❍ Food aid is badly/ urgently needed. ❍ I need to get some sleep. ❍ The garden doesn't need watering—it rained last night. ၂။ (ဝတၱရားအရ) လိုအပ္သည္။ I didn't need to go to the bank—I borrowed some money from Mary. ❍ All you need to do is (to) fill in this form. ❍ A dog needs to be taken out for a walk every day. ❍ Will we need to show our passports?  MUST n ၁။ [sing, U] ~ (for sth); ~ (for sb) to do sth လိုအပ္မႈ။ create/ identify a need for sth ❍ He stressed the need for a cautious approach. ❍ The house is in need of a thorough clean. ❍ She felt a need to talk to someone about it. ❍ There's no need for you to go yet. ၂။ needs [pl] မရိွမျဖစ္ေသာ အရာမ်ား။ လိုအပ္ခ်က္မ်ား။ supply a baby's needs ❍ satisfy/ meet sb's needs ❍ pupils with special educational needs ❍ Will £20 be enough for your immediate needs? ၃။ [U] ဆင္းရဲႏြမ္းပါးမႈ။ charities feeding people in need ❍ He helped me in my hour of need. See also NEEDY ❏ if need be [ IDM ] လိုအပ္ပါက။ There's always food in the freezer if need be. ❍ If need be, I can do extra work at the weekend. ❏ needful /-fl/ adj ( dated ) လိုအပ္ေသာ။ ( rhet or joc ) Will you do the needful (ie do what is required)? ❏ needless adj မလိုအပ္ေသာ။ needless work/ trouble/ worry. needlessly adv : Patients are dying needlessly. ❏ needless to say [ IDM ] ေျပာစရာမလို၊ သိၿပီးသားပဲ။ Needless to say, he kept his promise.

Examples

1. You’ll need some warm clothes for the winter.
2. Jack needs a ride home from football practice.
3. I don’t need any advice from you.
4. Will you be needing any help?
5. [need something for something] : I need £1.50 for the bus.
6. [need someone to do something] : I need someone to help me carry these books downstairs.
7. [need to do something] : She’ll need to take the test again.
8. I’ll need to know your decision by next week.
9. Do I need to buy tickets for the children?
10. We don’t need to get into an argument over this.
11. [need do something] : Need I go into details?
12. You needn’t apologize
13. it wasn’t your fault.
14. [need not have done something] : We needn’t have worried – everyone got home safely.
15. You need to be over 18 to be able to vote.
16. You don’t actually need to be a member to attend the event.
17. [something needs painting/cleaning etc] : The bathroom needs cleaning.
18. [badly needs] : Their house badly needs a coat of paint.
19. [need to do something] : I need to spend more time studying.
20. The issue of pay needs to be discussed at our next meeting.