ne·ces·si·ty

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第828页（553字）

【词性】：n．

【释义】：

①必要(性)，需要：the necessity of remoulding one’s ideology改造思想的必要性．There is necessity for me to do this．我有必要做这件事．under the necessity of(doing)不得己而…：I am under the necessity of going to town at once．我不得不立即进城．make a virtue of necessity 逆来顺受．bow to necessity 做被迫而做的事．Necessity is the mother of invention．【谚】需要是发明之母．②必然性，必然的事：necessity and contingency必然性和偶然性．the doctrine of necessity 宿命论．the realm of necessity 必然王国．③必需品：daily necessities日用品，生活必需品．Food is one of the necessities of lite．粮食是生活必需品之一．④贫困：be in necessity 处于贫困中．