单词 | necessarily |
释义 | necessarily (nesɪserɪli , -srɪli ) 1. adverb [with neg, ADVERB before verb] B2 If you say that something is not necessarily the case, you mean that it may not be the case or is not always the case. [vagueness] Anger is not necessarily the most useful or acceptable reaction to such events. Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible. A higher fee does not necessarily mean a better course. not necessarily convention B2 If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true. 'He was lying, of course.'—'Not necessarily.' 'So we're trapped.'—'Not necessarily.' 2. adverb [ADVERB before verb] If you say that something necessarily happens or is the case, you mean that it has to happen or be the case and cannot be any different. The most desirable properties necessarily command astonishingly high prices. Tourism is an industry that has a necessarily close connection with governments. Some things don't necessarily make sense. Collocations: not necessarily true The problem with this claim was that it was not necessarily true. Times,Sunday Times We are very close and that's not necessarily true of all families. Times, Sunday Times It was not necessarily true that the condition, known as gingitivis, would automatically lead to more serious problems. Times, Sunday Times Most people think the cause must lie within the skin, but that's not necessarily true. The Sun But many of the myths woven around the psalms are not necessarily true. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 必要地 Japanese: 必ず |
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