necessity

英 [n?'ses?t?] 美[n?'s?s?ti]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?necessities;

necessity 必然，必然性

來自necessary,必要的，必需的。

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.

1. Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity.: 一些人迫于生計(jì)不得不過著緊張忙碌的生活。

2. There is agreement on the necessity of reforms.: 對(duì)改革的必要性已經(jīng)達(dá)成了共識(shí)。

3. The assembly line of necessity kept moving.: 生產(chǎn)線勢(shì)必保持運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)下去。

4. Most women, like men, work from economic necessity.: 與男人一樣，大部分女人也是出于經(jīng)濟(jì)原因而工作。