ne·ces·si·tate /nɪˈsɛsəˌtet/
(vt.)迫使,使成為必需,需要
Ne·ces·si·tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Necessitated p. pr. & vb. n. Necessitating ]
1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. --South.
This fact necessitates a second line. --J. Peile.
2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. --Clarendon.
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necessitate
v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work";
"This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This
position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This
dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This
intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
[syn: ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve,
call for, demand] [ant: obviate]
2: cause to be a concomitant