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needful

/need-fuhl/US // ˈnid fəl //UK // (ˈniːdfʊl) //

有必要,需要,需要的,有需要

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : necessary or required: needful supplies.
    • : needy.

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Examples

  • He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.

  • It is needful to have the time fixed, and the law therefore has established a reasonable time.

  • There are many cases like this in which one's common sense fails to furnish a correct, yet needful guide.

  • The period of infancy is fixed by law, and is therefore a conventional, yet needful regulation.

  • Rise early enough to have ample time for arranging everything needful for the day's journey.