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需要的,必需的;穷困的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Needful \Need"ful\, a.
   1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
      [Archaic] --Chaucer.

            The needful time of trouble.          --Bk. of Com.
                                                  Prayer.

   2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.

            All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
      -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

needful
     adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
           things needful" [syn: {needed}, {required}, {requisite}]