| [/nɪˈsesətɪ; nəˋsɛsətɪ/] n 用法:
1 [U] ~ (for sth/to do sth) circumstances that force one to do sth; state of being necessary; need 迫使人做某事的情况; 必要性; 需要:
He felt a great necessity to talk about his problems. 他觉得很有必要谈谈自己的问题. *
She was driven by necessity to steal food for her starving children. 环境逼得她为挨饿的儿女偷窃食物. *
We will always come in cases of extreme necessity, ie if we are very much needed. 遇到紧急关头我们一定来. *
There's no necessity (for you) to write to your mother every single day. （你）不必每天都给你母亲写信. *
We must all bow to necessity, ie accept what is inevitable. 对无可奈何的事, 我们都得听之任之. 用法:
2 [C] necessary thing 必需品:
Food, clothing and shelter are all basic necessities of life. 衣、 食、 住所是生活的基本必需品. 用法:
3 [sing] natural law that is seen as governing human action （控制人类活动的）自然规律:
Is it a logical necessity that higher wages will lead to higher prices? 工资一高物价就高, 这是不是合乎逻辑的必然规律? 用法:
4 (idm 习语) make a virtue of necessity => virtue. ne,cessity is the ,mother of in`vention (saying 谚) the need for sth forces people to find a wayof getting it 需要是发明之母. of necessity necessarily; unavoidably; inevitably 必要地; 不可避免地. |