needful

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything necessary or requisite.
    — I think better of you for looking steadily to the needful.
  2. Ready money; wherewithal. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.
    — And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]
  2. Needy; in need. archaic
    — […] where his active benevolence was ever found in cheerful co-operation for the cause of the humble & needful orphan […]

词形变化

more needful comparative most needful superlative nedefull alternative needfull alternative needfuls plural nedefull alternative needfull alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
needfully needfulness unneedful do the needful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English needeful, nedeful, from Old English nēodful (“necessary; earnest; zealous”). Equivalent to need + -ful. Cognate with Dutch noodvol, German notvoll.
词源 2
From Middle English needeful, nedeful, from Old English nēodful (“necessary; earnest; zealous”). Equivalent to need + -ful. Cognate with Dutch noodvol, German notvoll.
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