(1)必須(be essential/necessary,have to):He~not know. 他不必知道。 It~not cost much money. 它不一定花很多錢(qián)。You needn't be afraid. 你不用害怕。N~you shout all the time?你有必要這么不停地大喊大叫嗎? I do not think that~be thought about. 我認(rèn)為不必考慮那件事。N~you go now?—Yes,I must. (No,I~n't). 你現(xiàn)在就得走嗎?——就是,我現(xiàn)在就得走。(不,我不必現(xiàn)在走)。I hardly~say how much I enjoyed the holiday. 我?guī)缀醪槐卣f(shuō)我是多么地喜歡這個(gè)假期。
(2)[與have + 過(guò)去分詞連用,表示過(guò)去發(fā)生的某事是不必要的或可能不必要的]:N~they have done it yesterday? 他們昨天做這件事有必要嗎? You~n't have hurried—we're the first here. 你不必急急忙忙,我們是頭一個(gè)。She~n't have given him such an expensive present. 她沒(méi)有必要送給他那么貴重的禮物。They~not have been punished so severely. 他們沒(méi)有必要受到如此嚴(yán)厲的懲罰。
【說(shuō)明】無(wú)時(shí)態(tài),人稱(chēng)變化。否定式為need not或needn't/′ni:dnt/。只用于否定句或疑問(wèn)句,在if和whether之后或與hardly,scarcely,no one等連用。