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单词 necessity
释义 ne·ces·si·ty
I. \nə̇ˈsesəd.ē, -ətē, -ˈsestē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Middle French necessité, from Latin necessitat-, necessitas, from necesse necessary + -itat, -itas -ity — more at necessary
1. : the quality or state or fact of being necessary: as
 a. : a condition arising out of circumstances that compels to a certain course of action
  < as if there were some necessity for being together that only the two of them understood — C.B.Flood >
 b. : inevitableness, unavoidability
  < the necessity of death >
 c. : great or absolute need : indispensability
  < the necessity of full and fair news service — F.L.Mott >
  < the necessity of civil, academic, and scientific liberty — George Soule >
 d.
  (1) : absence of physical or moral liberty : physical or moral compulsion
   < did it, not because he wanted to, but by necessity >
   < making a virtue of necessity >
  (2) : constraint or compulsion arising out of the natural constitution of things : impossibility of a contrary order or condition of things
   < submitting to the necessity imposed by the physical laws of the universe >
   < logical necessity >
   < physical necessity >
2. : the quality or state or fact of being in difficulties or in need
 < came to help them in their necessity >
especially : poverty
 < was reduced to the most abject necessity >
3. : something that is necessary : requirement, requisite
 < daily necessities >
 < is a necessity for happy living >
 < the necessities of life >

- of necessity
II. adjective
Etymology: necessity (money)
: consisting of, used as, or designed for necessity money
 < a necessity coin >
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