need not

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Indicating absence of necessity; needn't, do(es) not have to, do(es) not need to. UK,auxiliary,no-past-participle,no-present-participle
    — My example illustrates how circularity can arise in arguments that appeal to experiment. But the very same example serves to show that this need not be the case.
  2. Indicating inadvisability; ought not to. auxiliary,dated,no-past-participle,no-present-participle
    — Want ads for what little manual labor there was frequently had the stipulation INNA, an acronym for Italians and Irish Need Not Apply.

词形变化

need not present,singular,third-person needed not past
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