a.
- 需要的，必需的Food, clothing and shelter are needful for the maintenance of health.
衣、食、住是維持健康所必需的。
- 【古】貧窮的
n.[theS]
- 必須做的事do the needful
做必需做的事
- 【英】【幽】錢We're rather short of the needful now.
我們現時很缺錢。
片語
do the needful
- 做需要做的事The baby's crying; I'd better go and do the needful.
孩子哭了，我最好還是去看看要做些什麼。
衍生
ad.
needfully