necessitate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they necessitate | |
he / she / it necessitates | |
past simple necessitated | |
past participle necessitated | |
-ing form necessitating |
to make something necessary 使成为必要 - necessitate something
Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures. 最近的金融丑闻使得议会程序必须改革。 - necessitate doing something
Increased traffic necessitated widening the road. 交通量增大,这就需要拓宽道路。 - necessitate somebody/something doing something
His new job necessitated him/his getting up at six. 新工作使他不得不六点钟起床。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNecessitate is used with these nouns as the object:- removal
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin necessitat- ‘compelled’, from the verb necessitare, based on Latin necesse ‘be needful’.- necessitate something