| 单词 | necessity |
| 释义 | necessity /neuh ses"i tee/, n. , pl. necessities. 1. something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. 2. the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing. 3. an imperative requirement or need for something: the necessity for a quick decision. 4. the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: to face the necessity of testifying in court. 5. an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something: not by choice but by necessity. 6. a state of being in financial need; poverty: a family in dire necessity. 7. Philos. the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws. 8. of necessity, as an inevitable result; unavoidably; necessarily: Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while. [1325-75; ME necessite < L necessitas, equiv. to necess(e) needful + -itas -ITY] Syn. 3. demand. See need. 6. neediness, indigence, want. |
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