用于表示“需要,必要”之意。做情态动词时,仅用于否定句和疑问句,只有现在时,过去式要用needn't
have,疑问式用need+人称?,否定式用need
not(即needn't),
1.—need
we
leave
soon?
—yes,
you
must.(no,
you
needn't)
2.you
needn't
have
hurried.
(=it
was
not
necessary
for
you
to
hurry,but
you
did).你当时不必这么匆忙。
3.he
needs
to
see
a
doctor.(need
to
do)