ne·ces·si·tate
verb/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they necessitate | /nəˈsesɪteɪt/ /nəˈsesɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it necessitates | /nəˈsesɪteɪts/ /nəˈsesɪteɪts/ |
| past simple necessitated | /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/ /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle necessitated | /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/ /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form necessitating | /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪŋ/ /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make something necessary
使成为必要 - necessitate something Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures.
最近的金融丑闻使得议会程序必须改革。 - necessitate doing something Increased traffic necessitated widening the road.
交通量增大，这就需要拓宽道路。 - necessitate somebody/something doing something His new job necessitated him/his getting up at six.
新工作使他不得不六点钟起床。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNecessitate is used with these nouns as the object:- removal
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin necessitat- ‘compelled’, from the verb necessitare, based on Latin necesse ‘be needful’. - necessitate something Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures.