| 釋義 |
necessityn.
1. unavoidableness,indispensableness 不可避免性，絕對(duì)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.然而這不過(guò)是一種很勉強(qiáng)的結(jié)論(又譯：必要)。
△Lr.1.2.136 (121):“as if we were villains on necessity，”好像我們做了惡人，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 需要時(shí)，盡管缺乏事實(shí)根據(jù)…
3. imperative exigency,extreme indigence緊急需要，窮極。
△As.2.7.(89):“Nor shalt not (eat),till necessity be served.”別吃了，等緊急需要的人吃完了再說(shuō)。
△Wiv.2.2.25(24):“hiding mine honour in my necessity，”窮急無(wú)奈時(shí)只好把名譽(yù)掩藏起來(lái)。
△3H.VI.3.3.66: “Hisdemand / Springs not from Edward’s well-meant hon-est love,/ But from deceit bred by necessity.”他的要求并非出自愛(ài)德華的善意、真誠(chéng)的愛(ài)情，而是出自在緊急關(guān)頭所生出的詭計(jì)。
△H.VIII.5.1. 2: “These should be hours fornecessities,/ Not for delights；”這種時(shí)候出來(lái)只能是因?yàn)槭裁淳o急事情，而不是為了尋求娛樂(lè)。
4.distress,difficulty 危難，困難。
△Tw.3.4.423 (386):“His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here innecessity,and denying him；”他把他的朋友丟在困難當(dāng)中，還要裝作不認(rèn)識(shí)，這就可以看出他的不體面。
△1H.VI.4.3.15:“God comfort him in this necessity!”愿上帝把他從危難之中解救出來(lái)吧！
5.poverty,destitution,want of what is needed貧困，貧乏，貧窮。
△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.”)忍受貧困的煎熬。(又譯：忍受饑寒的掐脖子。)
△Lr.3.2. 70:“The art of our necessities is strange.”困苦真有奇妙的魔力。
6.?inescapable,established fact 逃避不了的既定事實(shí)。
?urgent practical need 緊急的實(shí)際需要。
△2H.IV.3.192: “Are these things then necessities?/ Then let usmeet them like necessities:”那么這些都是必然事實(shí)了？ 那就讓我們像對(duì)待必然事實(shí)那樣面對(duì)它們吧。(按：二義雙關(guān)。) |