need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past and past participle needed) (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
） 2. I need to prepare for my exams.（私は試験の準備をしなければならない。 ） 3. She is preparing a special dinner for the guests.（彼女はゲストのために特別な夕食を調理している。 ） 4. We must prepare for the worst-case scenario.（私たちは最悪の事態に備えなければならない。 ） 5.
I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike: […] 1915, Joseph Conrad, “ Author 's Note ”, in Victory: An Island Tale: His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.
） 3. We need to investigate the causes of the accident.（私たちはその事故の原因を探究する必要がある。 ） 4. The journalist decided to investigate the politician's background.（そのジャーナリストは政治家の背景を調査することにした。 ） 5.
The primary meaning of urgent is as a description of a pressing need. Especially in journalistic contexts, it is sometimes used by transference to describe the thing needed, or to mean " happening very soon ", which some deem erroneous.
・例文 1. We have enough; we don't need to buy more.（私たちは十分持っているので、もっと買う必要はない。 ） 2. She made cookies, and there were enough for all the children.（彼女はクッキーを作り、全ての子供たちに十分あった。 ） 3.
