necessity

• n. need; necessity; 必要性

必然から、必要な、必要な

necessity (n.)

late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [Richard Franck, c. 1624-1708, English author and angler, "Northern Memoirs," 1658]

To maken vertu of necessite is in Chaucer. Related: Necessities.

1. Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity .

生計に追われて忙しい生活を余儀なくされている人もいます。

2.There is agreement on the necessity of reforms.

改革の必要性について合意した。

3.The assembly line of necessity kept moving.

生産ラインは必ず稼働している。

4.Most women,like men,work from economic necessity .

男性と同様に、ほとんどの女性も経済的な理由で働いている。

5.Water is a basic necessity of life.

生命はお湯から離れない。