necessity
英 [nəˈsesəti]
美 [nəˈsesəti]
n. 必然; 必要; 需要; 必需的事物; 必需品; 必然性; 不可避免的情况
复数:necessities
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Collins.2 / BNC.3374 / COCA.3951
习惯用语
n.
- necessity is the mother of invention
- 需要是发明之母
a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it make a virtue of necessity - 不得已而力争有所得
to manage to gain an advantage from sth that you have to do and cannot avoid
牛津词典
noun
- 必然;必要;需要
the fact that sth must happen or be done; the need for sth- We recognize the necessity for a written agreement.
我们认为有必要签订一份书面协议。 - We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff.
我们在讨论是否需要雇用更多员工。 - 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。 - This is, of necessity , a brief and incomplete account.
这必然是一份简略的、不完全的描述。
- We recognize the necessity for a written agreement.
- 必需的事物;必需品
a thing that you must have and cannot manage without- 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。 - Air-conditioning is an absolute necessity in this climate.
这样的气候绝对需要有空调。
- Many people cannot even afford basic necessities such as food and clothing.
- 必然性;不可避免的情况
a situation that must happen and that cannot be avoided- Living in London, he felt, was an unfortunate necessity.
他觉得在伦敦生活是迫于无奈。
- Living in London, he felt, was an unfortunate necessity.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 必然;必要
Thenecessityof something is the fact that it must happen or exist.- There is agreement on the necessity of reforms...
对改革的必要性已经达成了共识。 - As soon as the necessity for action is over the troops must be withdrawn...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。 - Most women, like men, work from economic necessity...
与男人一样,大部分女人也是出于经济原因而工作。 - Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity.
一些人迫于生计不得不过着紧张忙碌的生活。
- There is agreement on the necessity of reforms...
- N-COUNT 必需品;必不可少的事物
Anecessityis something that you must have in order to live properly or do something.- Water is a basic necessity of life.
生命离不开水。 - ...food, fuel and other daily necessities.
食物、燃料和其他日常必需品
- Water is a basic necessity of life.
- N-COUNT 不可避免的情况(或行动)
A situation or action that is anecessityis necessary and cannot be avoided.- 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。
- The President pleaded that strong rule from the centre was a regrettable, but temporary necessity.
英英释义
noun
- 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
- the condition of being essential or indispensable
双语例句
- You must understand the necessity of education.
你必须懂得教育的必要性。 - The unbalance of Chinese social development leads to the necessity and urgence of the reform of census register system.
中国社会发展的失衡性导致了户口迁移制度改革的必要性和紧迫性。 - 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。 - 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。 - Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity.
一些人迫于生计不得不过着紧张忙碌的生活。 - Roden had already constructed a rude cabin for himself and his family in case of necessity.
罗登已为自己和家人搭好了一个简陋的小木屋,以备不时之需。 - The necessity and importance of studying the modernization of Chinese medicine are discussed.
论述了中医现代化研究的必要性和重要性。 - Once it had decided on a cease-fire out of military necessity, it was ready to extract the maximum aid from us.
一旦它出于军事的需要决定停火时,它就准备从我们那里最大限度地榨取援助。 - Most women, like men, work from economic necessity
与男人一样,大部分女人也是出于经济原因而工作。 - Are the investment banks selling cheaply, out of necessity?
投资银行是否完全不必要贱价出售?