| 单词 | necessity |
| 释义 | necessity (once / 86 pages) n 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. When used in the plural, necessities are items required for a situation but nothing extra. You probably only bring the bare necessities to a sleepover — pajamas and a toothbrush. Sometimes a necessity is a thing you must know how to do. Knowing how to balance your checkbook is a financial necessity. In some cases, necessity simply means "need." Do you do your homework out of necessity or because you want to? WORD FAMILYnecessity: necessitarian, necessitate, necessities, necessitous+/necessitarian: necessitarians/necessitate: necessitated, necessitates, necessitating/necessitous: necessitously USAGE EXAMPLESIn theory, progressives recognise the necessity of fundamental social change. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) But he added that finding new ways to talk about China was also a business necessity. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The song from 1988 reminds me of the necessity of positivity as a force in this relentless epoch of fear. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the condition of being essential or indispensable Hypo|Hyper requisiteness the state of being absolutely required urgencythe state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity haste, hurrya condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurethe state of demanding notice or attention criticality, criticalness, crucialitya state of critical urgency demand, need a condition requiring relief 2n anything indispensable food and shelter are necessities of life Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper essential, necessary, 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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