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require /rɪˈkwʌɪə /
▸ verb [with object] need for a particular purpose:
three patients required operations
please indicate how many tickets you require.
▪ make necessary:
it would have required much research to produce a comprehensive list.
▪ specify as compulsory:
the minimum car insurance required by law.
▪ [with object and infinitive] (of someone in authority) instruct or expect (someone) to do something:
you will be required to attend for cross-examination.
▪ (require something of) regard an action, ability, or quality as due from (someone) by virtue of their position:
the care and diligence required of him as a trustee.
– DERIVATIVES
requirer noun
– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French requere, from Latin requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘ seek ’.
牛津字典上的解释,以及例句,应该表达的是 instruct or expect 的含义吧,没有 make necessary 那么强烈