| 词汇 | necessity |
| 释义 | necessity noun uk/nəˈses.ə.ti/ us/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/ C1 [ U ]必要，需要 the need for something You can come early if you want to, but there's no necessity for it. 你如果愿意可以早点儿来，但不是非早来不可。 [ + to infinitive ] Is there any necessity to reply to her letter? 有必要给她回信吗? The report stresses the necessity of eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. 这份报告强调了大量食用新鲜水果及蔬菜的必要性。 With a personal fortune of sixty million dollars, she certainly doesn't work out of necessity (= because she needs to). 她有6000万美元的身家，当然不是为了生计而工作。 We'll employ extra staff to help out as and when the necessity arises (= when we need to). 需要的时候我们会另雇员工帮忙。 C1 [ C ]必需的东西；（尤指）生活必需品 something that you need, especially in order to live We brought only the bare necessities with us. 我们只带了基本的必需品。 He regarded music as one of life's necessities. 他把音乐视作生活中必不可少的东西之一。
Idiom necessity is the mother of inventionidiom saying 需要乃发明之母。 an expression that means that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way of doing it |
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