| 释义 |
necessity/niˈsesiti/n. (pl. -ies) 1a an indispensable thing; a necessary 绝对必要的东西；必需品 central heating is a necessity 中央供暖是必需品 b (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) indispensability 必不可少的东西 the necessity of a warm overcoat 温暖的大衣必不可少 2 a state of things or circumstances enforcing a certain course 必须的状态(条件) there was a necessity to hurry 必须赶快 3 imperative need 必要；需要 necessity is the mother of invention 需要是发明之母 4 want; poverty; hardship 缺乏；贫穷；艰难 stole because of necessity 由于贫穷而偷窃 5 constraint or compulsion regarded as a natural law governing all human action (被认为是控制人类行为的自然规则的)必然性 □ of necessity unavoidably 不可避免地 [Middle English via Old French necessité from Latin necessitas -tatis, from necesse ‘needful’] |