单词 | in need |
释义 | > as lemmasin need a. The state or condition of requiring help or support; difficulty, distress. Frequently in hour (also time, etc.) of need: a time of trouble, emergency, or crisis. in need: requiring help or support.Occasionally in plural in early use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > instance or time of need needOE needinga1400 indigencec1416 pinch1489 indigency1651 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > time of > a time of need rainy dayc1580 time of need1596 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xv. 25 Ða clypode Moyses to Drihtne & sæde him ðæs folces neode. OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 364 Soðan God, þe symle wile well, and gehyrð þa gebedu on his halgena neode. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 435 Þa lette..he vnirimed fole bi-ȝeoten wepnen & mete; muchel wes þa neode. c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) 84 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 222 (MED) Seint Brendan..wende aboute his monekes, & tuelue out he nom, Þat he triste to mest of alle whan eni neode him com. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1763 Þe king basian hii bitraiede in is nede [v.r. nude]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms xxiv. 17 Tribulaciouns of myn herte ben multiplied; fro my nedis delyuere me. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 23 Priue help of þe Scottes he had at his nede. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 28 (MED) Þow shalt fynde fortune þe faille at þi moste nede. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xii. 286 At the nede the frende is knowen. a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 1706 (MED) Launcelot is..hardy knyght and bolde, And sythen and hym ned by-stode, Many A lande wholde with hym holde. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxiii. sig. Siii Whan nede is than a frende is proued. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 17 He could, in tyme of neid, ather stap a trane or mak a trayne. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 31 He that forbears To suit and serve his need, Deserves his load. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 64 I thank you for lending me a hand at my need . View more context for this quotation 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. iii. 319 And these Judgments..should be treasur'd up in the Mind, that we might have Recourse to them in Hours of Need. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 410 I want to lay in a stock of solace which shall not fail me in time of need. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 85 A short passage..secured at time of need by two oaken doors. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. v. 399 He fell back upon his Italian cunning, and it did not fail him in his need. 1864 R. Browning James Lee's Wife ii. iii God help you, sailors, at your need! 1926 G. Hunting Vicarion xiii. 222 She had come here to him that she might find a way to give of herself, her love, her loyalty, in the time of his need. 1938 Action Comics June 1 So was created..Superman! champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need! 1998 Community Care 20 Apr. 34/1 (advt.) Our intention is to improve services to children in need and maintain children within their own families, where possible. < as lemmas |
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