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necessityn.
1. unavoidableness,indispensableness 不可避免性，绝对必要。
△H.V.1.2. 175:“Yet that is but a crushed neces-sity，”i.e. the need (for staying at home) is a forcedone; the necessity is subdued and overpowered by thefollowing reason;the conclusion is strained.然而这不过是一种很勉强的结论(又译：必要)。
△Lr.1.2.136 (121):“as if we were villains on necessity，”好像我们做了恶人，是命里注定。
2. need需要。
△Ham.4.5.92:“Wherein necessity,ofmatter beggared，”i.e. in which the need,when factsare lacking 需要时，尽管缺乏事实根据…
3. imperative exigency,extreme indigence紧急需要，穷极。
△As.2.7.(89):“Nor shalt not (eat),till necessity be served.”别吃了，等紧急需要的人吃完了再说。
△Wiv.2.2.25(24):“hiding mine honour in my necessity，”穷急无奈时只好把名誉掩藏起来。
△3H.VI.3.3.66: “Hisdemand / Springs not from Edward’s well-meant hon-est love,/ But from deceit bred by necessity.”他的要求并非出自爱德华的善意、真诚的爱情，而是出自在紧急关头所生出的诡计。
△H.VIII.5.1. 2: “These should be hours fornecessities,/ Not for delights；”这种时候出来只能是因为什么紧急事情，而不是为了寻求娱乐。
4.distress,difficulty 危难，困难。
△Tw.3.4.423 (386):“His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here innecessity,and denying him；”他把他的朋友丢在困难当中，还要装作不认识，这就可以看出他的不体面。
△1H.VI.4.3.15:“God comfort him in this necessity!”愿上帝把他从危难之中解救出来吧！
5.poverty,destitution,want of what is needed贫困，贫乏，贫穷。
△Lr.2.4.214 (211):“Necessity’s sharp pinch一” i.e. Hardships brought on by poverty. (Cf.Florio’s Montaigne:“Necessity must first pinch you by the throat.”)忍受贫困的煎熬。(又译：忍受饥寒的掐脖子。)
△Lr.3.2. 70:“The art of our necessities is strange.”困苦真有奇妙的魔力。
6.❶inescapable,established fact 逃避不了的既定事实。
❷urgent practical need 紧急的实际需要。
△2H.IV.3.192: “Are these things then necessities?/ Then let usmeet them like necessities:”那么这些都是必然事实了？ 那就让我们像对待必然事实那样面对它们吧。(按：二义双关。) |