单词 | necessity |
释义 | necessity n. (pl. -ies) 1. a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) indispensability (the necessity of a warm overcoat). 2. a state of things or circumstances enforcing a certain course (there was a necessity to hurry). 3. imperative need (necessity is the mother of invention). 4. want; poverty; hardship (stole because of necessity). 5. constraint or compulsion regarded as a natural law governing all human action. Phrases and idioms of necessity unavoidably. Etymology: ME f. OF necessit{eacute} f. L necessitas -tatis f. necesse needful |
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