| 单词 | if necessary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif necessary 4. Of an action: that needs to be done; that is done in order to achieve the desired result or effect. if necessary: if required by the circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective] > necessary to be done needfulc1390 necessarya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 178 This shall make Our purpose Necessary, and not Enuious. View more context for this quotation 1655 S. Ashe Funeral Serm. Gataker 49 Constant retirement..made the choice..a necessary act of prudence. 1716 T. Jeffery in Sir T. Browne Christian Morals Pref. sig. *4v Where an Oversight had made the Addition or Transposition of some words necessary. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiv. 298 In this sense the levy of ship-money..was not necessary. 1791 J. Bentham Corr. 23 Jan. (1981) IV. 225 The whole circuit [of the Panopticon] reviewable with little, or if necessary, without any, change of place. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 51 Still doubting if that deed Be just which was most necessary. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 156 We never saw it done,..but the Doctor describes it as a necessary proceeding. 1894 Ld. Albemarle & G. L. Hillier Cycling (rev. ed.) App. 471 The inner tube [is] carefully examined, the hole discovered—if necessary by inflating the tube and immersing it in water. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 266/1 The proposition was supported by..the..minister of the interior, and accordingly the necessary arrangements were speedily effected. 1921 Round Table June 651 His block majority, with which, if necessary, he could steam-roller opposition. 1945 E. Bowen Demon Lover 145 The heat from the fire must have made necessary..the opening of a window behind the curtains. 1992 Mod. Railways Mar. 112/2 The sidings are too short to hold a whole trainload, so shunting is necessary when the daily train arrives to exchange empty wagons for loaded ones. < as lemmas |
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