The place needed a good spring clean before we could move in.

　　那地方得來個大掃除，然后我們才能搬進去。

　　He needed to be taken down a peg or two.

　　Considerable modification of the existing system is needed.

　　需要對現有的系統進行相當大的改進。

　　He argued that they needed more time to finish the project.

　　他提出理由說明他們需要更多的時間來完成該項目。

　　A special code is needed to override the time lock.

　　這定時鎖要用特定密碼才能打開。

　　No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed.

　　沒有必要把模擬轉換為數字數據。

　　They needed to make up ground on their competitors.

　　他們必須窮追猛趕競爭對手。