英语词汇“to make a virtue of necessity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to make a virtue of necessity and variants: to derive benefit or advantage from performing an unwelcome obligation with apparent willingness; to submit to unavoidable circumstances with good grace. Cf. to make the best of it at best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 4c(a). [Compare Middle French faire de necessité vertu (1342), post-classical Latin facere de necessitate virtutem (early 5th cent. in Jerome adversus Rufinum 3. 2).]

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in > to circumstances > with apparent willingness

to make a virtue of necessityc1405

to make a virtue of a needa1500

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 585 That I made vertu of necessitee And took it wel syn þ^t it moste be.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 1586 Thus makeþ vertue of necessite. By pacient and þenk þat lord is he. Of fortune ay þat nought wole of here recche.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1252 Make of necessite, reed I, vertu; ffor better rede can I non.

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. v. v. sig. Mj Good Maddame way, by lawe, your Lord doth dye, Wherefore make vertue of necessity.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 5 Therefore wee must force our will, and make it sometime content it selfe with that it liketh not, whereof followeth a vertue of necessitie.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. f. 28^v They were enforced to behaue themselues..and of necessitie, to make a vertue.

1615 J. Day Festivals 297 I wil make a Vertue of this Necessitie.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. v. 115 Villandras weighing the danger made vertue of necessity, hee went to Toulosse.

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. ix. 144 Their Modern Doctors, whom the Arguments of the Protestants have compelled to make a Vertue of Necessity.

a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 59 By patience you make a vertue of necessity.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 327 He makes a virtue of necessity, and hospitably rows him to shore.

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 233 One must always make a virtue of necessity.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 42 I therefore made a virtue of necessity, and was a good Catholic for the nonce.

1927 W. S. Churchill Let. 22 Oct. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xiii. 314 I am going to support the Flappers' Vote on the well known principle of making a virtue out of necessity.

1980 ‘J. Melville’ Chrysanthemum Chain 38 We'll make a virtue of necessity. I'll take charge of the case myself.

2002 Austral. Financial Rev. 15 Nov. (Review section) 4/5 Making in the best manner a virtue out of a necessity he went native with great success.

单词	to make a virtue of necessity
释义	> as lemmas to make a virtue of necessity a. to make a virtue of necessity and variants: to derive benefit or advantage from performing an unwelcome obligation with apparent willingness; to submit to unavoidable circumstances with good grace. Cf. to make the best of it at best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 4c(a). [Compare Middle French faire de necessité vertu (1342), post-classical Latin facere de necessitate virtutem (early 5th cent. in Jerome adversus Rufinum 3. 2).] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in > to circumstances > with apparent willingness to make a virtue of necessityc1405 to make a virtue of a needa1500 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 585 That I made vertu of necessitee And took it wel syn þ^t it moste be. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 1586 Thus makeþ vertue of necessite. By pacient and þenk þat lord is he. Of fortune ay þat nought wole of here recche. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1252 Make of necessite, reed I, vertu; ffor better rede can I non. 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. v. v. sig. Mj Good Maddame way, by lawe, your Lord doth dye, Wherefore make vertue of necessity. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 5 Therefore wee must force our will, and make it sometime content it selfe with that it liketh not, whereof followeth a vertue of necessitie. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. f. 28^v They were enforced to behaue themselues..and of necessitie, to make a vertue. 1615 J. Day Festivals 297 I wil make a Vertue of this Necessitie. 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. v. 115 Villandras weighing the danger made vertue of necessity, hee went to Toulosse. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. ix. 144 Their Modern Doctors, whom the Arguments of the Protestants have compelled to make a Vertue of Necessity. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 59 By patience you make a vertue of necessity. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 327 He makes a virtue of necessity, and hospitably rows him to shore. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 233 One must always make a virtue of necessity. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 42 I therefore made a virtue of necessity, and was a good Catholic for the nonce. 1927 W. S. Churchill Let. 22 Oct. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xiii. 314 I am going to support the Flappers' Vote on the well known principle of making a virtue out of necessity. 1980 ‘J. Melville’ Chrysanthemum Chain 38 We'll make a virtue of necessity. I'll take charge of the case myself. 2002 Austral. Financial Rev. 15 Nov. (Review section) 4/5 Making in the best manner a virtue out of a necessity he went native with great success. extracted from virtuen. < as lemmas
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