n. 1.需要,必要性。 2.〔常 pl.〕 必需品。 3.必然(性)。 4.〔常 pl.〕 贫穷;困难;危急。 短语和例子 physical necessity 必然力,命运。 logical necessity 逻辑的必然。 the doctrine of necessity 宿命论。 N- is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。 as a necessity 必然地。 be in dire necessities 穷困极了。 be under the necessity of (doing) 不得已而…;必须做某事。 bow to necessity 服从命运;屈服于需要。 by absolute necessity 万不得已。 from (sheer) necessity 因(十分)需要。 in case of necessity 必要时。 make a virtue of necessity 做非做不可的事而装成出于高尚动机。 of necessity 必然,必定;不得已;不可避免地 (That discussion must of necessity be postponed for a while. 讨论会不得不延期举行)。
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" 同义词:essential, requirement, requisite, necessary,
the condition of being essential or indispensable
例句与用法
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We are faced with the necessity of buying a new car . 我们必须买一辆新车了。
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Necessity is the mother of collection . 需求是收集之母。
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My own necessities made me regardless of anything . 我自己的困苦使我不顾一切了。
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We would make a virtue of necessity . 我们要把迫不得已而为的事装成出于好心而为。
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Necessity is the mother of invention . 需要是发明之母。
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They say that necessity is the mother of invention . 人们说,需要是创造发明之母。
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Necessity is the mother of invention . 需要乃发明之母。
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That discussion must of necessity be postponed for a while . 讨论会不得不延期举行。
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In most instances, necessity is the mother of invention . 在绝大数情况下,需要是发明之母。
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The french nation as a whole calmly accepted their necessity . 整个法国亦泰然接受他们的命运。