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Needy has two quite different feelings depending on context. Used about a group of people, it means lacking basic things like money, food, or shelter — 'donations for needy families' — and it's a respectful, practical word there. Used about a person's emotional behavior, it means someone who constantly wants attention, reassurance, or affection from others, more than feels comfortable — and that use is usually a mild criticism, like calling someone clingy.
貧困的；（形容個性）過度需要關注、黏人的
組成need + -y (having/full of)
同家族的字
- needthe root word — needy describes someone who has needs, either material or emotional
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
needyadj/ˈniːdi/
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In need; poor.
- Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
- Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.
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Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
- Near-synonym: clingy
- It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.
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archaicNeedful; necessary.
- It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。