音标：[ni'sesәti]
n. 需要, 必需品, 必然
【法】 必要性, 必然性, 必要
相关词组:
in dire necessity
in case of necessity
be under the necessity of doing sth
bow to necessity
of necessity
在线英汉词典
necessity的短语、例句：
necessity
n
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.
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.
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?
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.
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