require
英[rɪ'kwaɪə]
美[rɪ'kwaɪr]
英英释意
- 1. require as useful, just, or proper;
- "It takes nerve to do what she did"
- "success usually requires hard work"
- "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
- "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
- "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
- "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
- 2. consider obligatory; request and expect;
- "We require our secretary to be on time"
- "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"
- "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- 3. make someone do something
- 4. have need of;
- "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"