The place needed a good spring clean before we could move in.
那地方得来个大扫除，然后我们才能搬进去。
He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
Considerable modification of the existing system is needed.
需要对现有的系统进行相当大的.改进。
He argued that they needed more time to finish the project.
他提出理由说明他们需要更多的时间来完成该项目。
A special code is needed to override the time lock.
这定时锁要用特定密码才能打开。
No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed.
没有必要把模拟转换为数字数据。
They needed to make up ground on their competitors.
他们必须穷追猛赶竞争对手。