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ne·ces·si·ty /nɪˈsesətɪ, nə-/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 必要(性)；(迫切)需要
feel the necessity of (或 to have) an outing 觉得有必要出外游玩一次
There is no necessity for disappointment (或 to be disappointed). 不必失望。
a physiological necessity 生理上的需要
He'll never learn German until the necessity arises. 直到非要用德语时他才会去学。
I have urged upon him the necessity of (或 for) buying a new car. 我再三叮嘱他去买辆新车。
It is a matter of necessity to wear formal clothes when meeting the Queen. 拜见女王时必须穿礼服。
2. 必要的东西，必不可少的事物；必需品
Good maps are a necessity to travellers. 好的地图是出门旅行必不可少的。
Water is a necessity of life. 生命不可缺水。
What we did was a moral necessity. 我们做了在道义上非做不可的事。
the basic necessities of life 基本的生活必需品
3. 必然；必然的事物
Man dies as a necessity. 人必有一死。
4. 紧要，紧迫；紧要的事物
in case(s) of necessity 在紧要关头
To increase production has now become the prime necessity. 增加生产如今成了头等大事。
5. 迫不得已；困窘，贫困
Necessity often drives people to do disagreeable things. 人在不得已的时候常常会去做不合意的事。
be in dire (或 great) necessity 穷到极点
6. 【哲】必然性
the realm of necessity 必然王国
phr. be under the necessity of doing sth. 不得已而做某事，不得不做某事 bow to necessity 迫不得已而为之 by necessity = of necessity
by necessity of circumstances由于客观情况的需要；为情势所迫
lay sb. under necessity 使某人迫不得已
make a virtue of necessity 见 virtue
Necessity is the mother of invention. 〈谚〉需要乃发明之母。
Necessity knows (或 has) no law. 情出无奈，罪可赦免。(做事不择手段的辩解语)
of necessity 无法避免地，势必，必定
We must of necessity obey. 我们必得言听计从。
Being a professional actor of necessity means working nights and weekends. 当专职演员势必晚上和周末都要上班。
out of necessity 出于需要；必定
This spirit will continue to live in the future out of sheer necessity. 这种精神今后必然会继续存在下去。 |