“必要且充分的条件”常见的英文表达是 “necessary and sufficient condition” 。
在数学、逻辑学等学科领域中,这个短语经常被使用。例如:A positive integer is an even number if and only if it is divisible by 2. (Here, "being divisible by 2" is the necessary and sufficient condition for a positive integer to be an even number. )(一个正整数是偶数当且仅当它能被2整除。这里,“能被2整除”是这个正整数为偶数的必要且充分条件。)