| 单词 | necessary |
| 释义 | necessary (once / 27 pages) adjn Everyone can agree that certain things are necessary for survival: food, water, shelter. Some people might add chocolate to that list. Necessary refers to anything you can't do without. Necessary, cede, and cease all come from the same root, cedere, which is Latin for "to go away" or "to give something up." When something's necessary, you won't give it up. That fudge-covered brownie sundae from your favorite ice-cream shop? It might seem like a decadent treat, but if you're a true chocolate lover you'll insist that it's as necessary as a warm jacket in winter. WORD FAMILYnecessary: necessaries, necessarily, unnecessary+/unnecessary: unnecessarily USAGE EXAMPLESBut to be a great 3-point team, great shooters are also necessary. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Karen objects to fruit juice in grade-school lunches; however, like most of us, she resorts to sugary bribes when necessary. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He also said he would ratchet up pressure on China to further isolate North Korea if necessary. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) 1adj absolutely essential Syn|Ant obligatory morally or legally constraining or binding essentialbasic and fundamental indispensablenot to be dispensed with; essential essential, indispensableabsolutely necessary; vitally necessary incumbentnecessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding needed, needful, required, requisitenecessary for relief or supply obligatoryrequired by obligation or compulsion or convention unnecessary, unneeded not necessary inessential, unessentialnot basic or fundamental excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusmore than is needed, desired, or required gratuitous, needless, uncalled-forunnecessary and unwarranted inessentialnot absolutely necessary sparekept in reserve especially for emergency use 2adj unavoidably determined by prior circumstances the necessary consequences of one's actions Syn inevitable incapable of being avoided or prevented 3n anything indispensable Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper essential, necessity, requirement, requisite inessential, nonessential anything that is not essential desideratum something desired as a necessity musta necessary or essential thing need, wantanything that is necessary but lacking thing a separate and self-contained entity |
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