necessity 英 [nəˈsesəti]   美 [nəˈsɛsɪti]

necessity

necessity  英 [nəˈsesəti] 美 [nəˈsɛsɪti]

n. 需要;必然性;必需品 

名词复数:necessities 

necessity is the mother of invention. 需要乃发明之母。
Out of necessity or out of interest, people go back to school for the common goal to improve themselves. 不管是出于需要,还是出于兴趣爱好,人们重返学校是为了一个共同的目标----提高自己。

  • A good camping knife is a necessity if you’re going to be hiking in a heavily forested region. A necessity is something that you must have in order to complete a task.
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  • n. 需要;必然性;必需品
  • 1. necessity is the mother of invention.

    需要乃发明之母。

  • 2. Out of necessity or out of interest, people go back to school for the common goal to improve themselves.

    不管是出于需要,还是出于兴趣爱好,人们重返学校是为了一个共同的目标----提高自己。

  • 3. If you are a manager of technology at any level, this is your responsibility as well as a survival necessity.

    如果您是某个层级技术的经理,那么学习它是您的职责,也是您赖以生存的必需品。

  • 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.
ne·ces·sity / nəˈsesəti ; NAmE nəˈsesəti / noun 1 [uncountable ] the fact that sth must happen or be done; the need for sth 必然;必要;需要 necessity(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。 necessity(of sth/of doing sth) We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff. 我们在讨论是否需要雇用更多员工。 necessity(for sb) to do sth 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. 这必然是一个简略的、不完全的描述。 2 [countable ] a thing that you must have and cannot manage without 必需的事物;必需品 Many people cannot even afford basic necessitiessuch 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。 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] a situation that must happen and that cannot be avoided 必然性;不可避免的情况 Living in London, he felt, was an unfortunate necessity. 他觉得在伦敦生活是迫于无奈。 IDIOM neˌcessity is the ˌmother of inˈvention ( saying) a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it 需要是发明之母 more at virtue necessity necessities ne·ces·sity / nəˈsesəti ; NAmE nəˈsesəti /
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