我们有必要为上这门课买本教材吗?

Will it be necessary for us to buy a book for this class?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
=2 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=2 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3 必要 yào
  1. necessary
  2. essential
  3. indispensable
  4. required
4 为上 wéishàng to be valued above all else
=5 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=5 zhèi (coll.) this
=6 Mén surname Men
=6 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: ,

7
  1. subject
  2. course
  3. class
  4. lesson
  5. to levy
  6. tax
  7. form of divination

classifiers: , ,

8 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
9 本教 běnjiào
  1. (literary) farm work; farming; agriculture; husbandry; agricultural affairs
  2. (literary) fundamental education
  3. (religion) Bon
  4. Bon
  5. farm work; farming; agriculture; husbandry; agricultural affairs
  6. fundamental education
10 cái
  1. material
  2. timber
  3. ability
  4. aptitude
  5. a capable individual
  6. coffin (old)
=11 (coll.) what?
=11 used in 吗啡 fēi
=11 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)