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necessity

英 [nɪ'sesɪtɪ] 美[nə'sɛsəti]
  • n. 需要;必然性;必需品

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复数: necessities;

中文词源


necessity 必然,必然性

来自necessary,必要的,必需的。

英英释意


1. the condition of being essential or indispensable
2. anything indispensable;
"food and shelter are necessities of life"
"the essentials of the good life"
"allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"
"a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

英文词源


necessity (n.)
late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c.
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [Richard Franck, c. 1624-1708, English author and angler, "Northern Memoirs," 1658]
To maken vertu of necessite is in Chaucer. Related: Necessities.

考试真题


They were no longer considered necessities of life.

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They suspend import of necessities from overseas.

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Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.

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They are doubtful about its necessity.

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Many consumers wonder about the necessity of having their fitness monitored.

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Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an asset and even a necessity in many areas.

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Travel has become a necessity.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Andre Schubert, a researcher of the Institute for Science Policy Research, says that the rising collaboration is partly out of necessity.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

This necessity comes with a rise of big science.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Of necessity, colonial America was a projection of Europe.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.

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Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new person

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


necessity is the mother of invention

(proverb)when the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it

(谚)需要乃发明之母

of necessity

As an inevitable consequence; necessarily.

无法避免的;必然地

实用场景例句


We recognize the necessity for a written agreement.
我们认为有必要签订一份书面协议。

牛津词典

We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff.
我们在讨论是否需要雇用更多员工。

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There had never been any necessity for her to go out to work.
她从来就没有出去工作的必要。

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This is, of necessity , a brief and incomplete account.
这必然是一份简略的、不完全的描述。

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Many people cannot even afford basic necessities such as food and clothing.
许多人甚至买不起食物和衣服之类的基本必需品。

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Air-conditioning is an absolute necessity in this climate.
这样的气候绝对需要有空调。

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Living in London, he felt, was an unfortunate necessity.
他觉得在伦敦生活是迫于无奈。

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There is agreement on the necessity of reforms...
对改革的必要性已经达成了共识。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

As soon as the necessity for action is over the troops must be withdrawn...
一旦军事行动的必要性不复存在,军队就必须撤出。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Water is a basic necessity of life.
生命离不开水。

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...food, fuel and other daily necessities.
食物、燃料和其他日常必需品

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The President pleaded that strong rule from the centre was a regrettable, but temporary necessity.
总统辩解说,实行高度的中央集权虽不尽如人意,但暂时来说却是必要的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Necessity and feasibility of establishing accounting information market have been discussed in the third chapter.
第三章论述了建立会计信息市场的必要性和可行性.

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They are in need of food, food is a necessity for all living things.
他们需要食物, 食物对一切生物是必不可少的.

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Is it a logical necessity that higher wages will lead to higher prices?
工资高物价就高,这是合乎逻辑的必然规律 吗 ?

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I look upon this as an absolute necessity.
我认为这是绝对必要的.

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Money was a primal necessity to them.
对于他们,钱是主要的需要.

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Necessity caused me to come.
我不得不来.

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You must understand the necessity of education.
你必须懂得教育的必要性.

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Being a professional actor of necessity means working nights and Sundays.
作为职业演员必然意味着晚上和星期日要工作.

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We're going to focus on the relationship between freedom and necessity.
我们将集中讨论自由和必要性之间的关系这一问题.

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We must all, of necessity , die sooner or later.
我们大家迟早都会死.

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Telephone is now a household necessity.
现在电话是一种家庭必需品.

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The necessity for nuclear nonproliferation seems clear.
防止核扩散的必要性似乎清清楚楚.

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Necessity is the mother of invention.
[谚]需要是发明之母.

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He urged the necessity for immediate action.
他强烈要求立即采取行动.

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I was compelled to do so by absolute necessity.
我因绝对的需要,被迫这样做的.

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