I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me.

我那时需要这个男人的爱，以及他当时给予我的情感支持。

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This is a metaphor for how much we need love and how much we need to be needed.

这是一个隐喻，它折射出我们是多么需要爱，同时我们又是多么需要被别人需要。

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Love never needed to conquer all in the bombastically sentimental films of John Cassavetes.

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She was also a wife who gave her husband the unconditional love he needed to pursue his career.

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Our next stop was the Tamagotchi, that cloying virtual pet from Japan that needed constant love and attention to grow.

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