1 N-UNCOUNT 必然;必要 The
necessity of something is the fact that it must happen or exist.
必然;必要 -
There is agreement on the necessity of reforms. [+ of]
对改革的必要性已经达成了共识。
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As soon as the necessity for action is over the troops must be withdrawn.
一旦军事行动的必要性不复存在,军队就必须撤出。
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Most women, like men, work from economic necessity.
与男人一样,大部分女人也是出于经济原因而工作。
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Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity.
一些人迫于生计不得不过着紧张忙碌的生活。
If you say that something is
of necessity the case, you mean that it is the case because nothing else is possible or practical in the circumstances.
势必;必定 2 N-COUNT 必需品;必不可少的事物 A
necessity is something that you must have in order to live properly or do something.
必需品;必不可少的事物 3 N-COUNT [usually singular] 不可避免的情况(或行动) A situation or action that is a
necessity is necessary and cannot be avoided.
不可避免的情况(或行动) -
The President pleaded that strong rule from the centre was a regrettable, but temporary necessity.
总统辩解说,实行高度的中央集权虽不尽如人意,但暂时来说却是必要的。
Quotations
Necessity is the mother of invention Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Necessity never made a good bargain Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves William Pitt speech You make a virtue of necessity Saint Jerome Apologeticum adversus Rufinum Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities John Lothrop Motley Word Partnership | Use necessity with: |
ADJ. | absolute necessity 1 1 2 economic necessity 1 2 political necessity 2 |
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