词组 | necessity |
释义 | necessity When necessity is used with a preposition, the preposition is usually either of or, less often, for. • ... the necessity of civil, academic and scientific liberty —George Soule, New Republic, 20 Jan. 1941 • ... the necessity of taking sides —Arnold Wolfers, Yale Rev., Winter 1945 • ... the necessity of adopting a program of action — Mary E. Murphy, Annals ofthe American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 1948 • ... the necessity for greater precision —T. S. Eliot, "'Rhetoric' and Poetic Drama," in Selected Essays, 1932 • ... teaching them the necessity for authority —Sim O. Wilde, Jr., Center Mag., May 1969 Harper 1985 claims that "an infinitive is never used after necessity,'''' but we have occasionally found it in quite reputable sources: • ... the necessity to seek commercial markets — Roger Benedict, Wall Street Jour., 17 Dec. 1957 • ... the necessity to formulate plans —Noël Gilroy Annan, Times Literary Supp., 30 Apr. 1970 |
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