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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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