需
Definitions
- 1. to require
- 2. to need
- 3. to want
- 4. necessity
- 5. need
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需是及物动词，可直接带宾语（如“需时”），但初学者常误加“要”写成“需 要”，混淆了“需要”。注意“需”后面不加“要”，除非是固定搭配“需要”。
Formality
需通常用于正式、书面语境，口语中更常用“需要”。例如，“需提供证件”多见于公告，而日常对话会说“你需要提供证件”。
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Words Containing 需
domestic demand
to need
to urgently need
requirement
to need; to want; to demand; to require
a possible period of want or need
to urgently need
supply and demand
chemical oxygen demand (an environmental indicator)
each takes what he needs (idiom)
basic necessity
necessity
necessary (for)
on demand; according to demand
publishing on demand
distribution according to need
needless
special need
life's necessities
aggregate social demand
aggregate demand
military supplies
quartermaster
(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
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