他需要一个参谋，而不是独自思考。

He needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.

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他需要一个鼠标垫。

He needs a mouse pad.

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他需要一个老师。

He needs a teacher.

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Tim Wakefield Tim Wakefield on the DL right now throws a lot slower, because he has that tricky knuckle ball, he doesn't need to throw as fast.

现在受伤停赛的,投的很慢，因为他有一个很难处理的指节球，他不需要扔的很快。

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It's possible that he genuinely didn't know what to do, that he wasn't smart enough to understand that he needed to point to the other one.

有可能他是真的不知道该做些什么,他还不够聪明,无法理解他需要指向另一个物体

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I don't need a prime minister.' I knew what he meant by that.

我不需要一个首相”,我知道他是什么意思。

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