necessity

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite. countable,uncountable
    — I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined.
  2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack. countable,uncountable
    — For it is in vain for a man to think to seek God in his necessity and exigence, if he seek not God in his ordinances, and do not joy in them.
  3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable. countable,uncountable
    — A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping.
  4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power. countable,uncountable
    — After eating a full meal, the human body's necessity for food will compel the person to eat again in the future.
  5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. countable,uncountable
  6. Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act. countable,uncountable
    — doctrine of necessity
  7. Indispensable requirements (of life). countable,in-plural,uncountable

词形变化

necessities plural

词汇关系

反义词
impossibility contingency luxury
衍生词
bare necessities daily necessities doctrine of necessity doctrine of philosophical necessity make a virtue of necessity money of necessity necessitarian necessitied necessitous necessity is the mother of innovation necessity is the mother of invention necessity knows no law necessity money needcessity nonnecessity unnecessity work of necessity
相关词
necessariness necessary necessitate necessitation necessitative necessitousness necessitude

词源

From Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās (“unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency, necessity”), from necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”); see necessary. Doublet of Necessitas.
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