单词 | of necessity |
释义 | > as lemmasof necessity Phrases P1. of necessity. a. Necessarily; inevitably, unavoidably. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] needeOE of (also for, on) needeOE needseOE needlingc1225 needs cost?a1300 needlingsc1300 needlya1350 of necessityc1390 needfullya1398 necessarily?a1400 needgatesa1400 needingsa1400 needwaysa1400 needslyc1425 perforcec1425 needilyc1475 needwayc1480 of (or on) force?1507 need-forcea1525 requisitely1565 of very force1587 necessitously1637 necessitively1647 par force1819 imperatively1833 necessitatedly1864 of perforce1897 c1390 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 4182 They ne founde as muche as a cotage In which they bothe myghte ylogged be; Wherfore they mosten of necessitee As for that nyght departen compaignye. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1704 Of verray necessite The Philosophre him hath betake Fyf pointz. c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 308 The tyme approched of necessite To reherse the marterial sentence. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 2552 Ther men almost distressed everychone, And many slayne, thenne of necessite They them withdrewe. 1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 13 We must all dye of necessite for original synne. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 168 At such time as the ground is couered with Snowe,..you must of necessitie helpe them with a little meate. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxiii. 17 Of necessitie hee must release one vnto them at the Feast. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §5 For supposing a production of the world, several things must of necessity be supposed in it. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) Introd. 17 A little attention will convince us that this must of necessity be the case. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. iv. 10 Of necessity It happen'd. 1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 209 Those [stars] to which every observer of necessity resorts to test the stability of his instruments. 1933 Discovery Aug. 257/1 Full-scale experiments in flight are of necessity difficult and take a long time. 1961 Listener 30 Mar. 573/3 Advertising has, of necessity, to use simple, forceful, easily understandable words. 1990 Banking World Dec. 17/1 Employers will more actively beckon women into jobs and, of necessity, will offer better deals for part-timers and women ‘returners’. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective] needfulOE necessaryc1376 needfulc1390 necessairea1393 needfula1402 necessariousc1410 requisite1442 unlackablec1443 unsparablec1449 necessc1475 requise1477 needy1487 exigentc1508 of necessityc1515 essential1526 insacrificablea1603 peremptory1607 unspared1614 sine qua non1615 real1620 necessitous1637 needsomec1650 undispensable1658 vital1659 wanting1671 implemental1676 sine quo non1693 indispensable1696 indispensible1792 vital1822 unmissable1823 of the essence (of)1843 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lviii. 202 It is of necessyte that ye goo to kynge Iuoryn..and pray hym to haue mercy of you. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 77 Mony thingis quhilkis ar..of na necessitie iniunit we [sic] to beleue. 1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. M iij b It is not of necessitie by Christes commandement. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp3 But yet is not of necessitie, that Cogitations bee expressed by the Medium of Wordes. View more context for this quotation P2. Phrases and proverbs, as necessity has (also knows) no law, necessity is the mother of invention, etc. Cf. need n.1 10.to make (a) virtue of necessity: see virtue n. Phrases 2a. ΚΠ tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 176 (MED) Necessitee nath never halyday. 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. ix But .ij. thinges are with out lawe, god and necessite. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 18v Necessitie, the inuentor of all goodnesse (as all authours in a maner, doo saye)..inuented a shaft heed. a1555 N. Ridley Pituous Lament. (1566) sig. Diiii The latter reason..includeth a necessitie which after the common sayinge hathe no lawe. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1379 Signior Necessity, that hath no law. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell viii. 104 Necessity, which is the Mother of Wit. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 167/2 in Piazza Universale Necessity is the mother of invention. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 44 Art imitates Nature, and Necessity is the Mother of Invention. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 60 Necessity has no law. 1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story I. Pref. p. iv The Muses..sent in their disguise Necessity, who, being the mother of Invention, gave me all mine. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. iii. 60 Her father could not do otherwise. Necessity has no law. 1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 Apr. 9/1 Necessity is the mother of inventions. 1939 ‘D. Yates’ Gale Warning vi. 125 ‘“Don't speak to the man at the wheel” is a very good rule.’ ‘So,’ said I, ‘is “Necessity knows no law”.’ 1967 F. J. Singer Epigrams at Large 43 If necessity is the mother of invention, then demand is the father of supply. 1981 M. G. Eberhart Family Affair xiii. 151 We can't let him go... Necessity knows no law. 2000 Wildlife News (BBONT) Jan. 19/1 Necessity is usually the mother of invention and the Trust's unique ‘Sponsor a Sheep’ scheme is no exception. < as lemmas |
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