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单词 necessitous
释义 ne·ces·si·tous
\ ̷ ̷ˈsesəd.əs, -ətəs\ adjective
Etymology: French nécessiteux, from nécessité necessity (from Latin necessitat-, necessitas) + -eux -ous
1.
 a. : hard up : reduced to a state of marked want : needy
  < was a necessitous widower with a marriageable daughter — Norman Douglas >
  < the most necessitous members of the community — T.B.Macaulay >
 b. : straitened
  < necessitous circumstances >
2. : urgent, pressing
 < except for the most necessitous reasons — Walter Goodman >
3. : that is essential by reason of circumstances : that is unavoidable
 < will be unable to do its necessitous financing — Allan Sproul >
Synonyms: see poor
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