| 单词 | at need | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (also †to) need  b.   at (also †to) need: in time of trouble; when necessary or required. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > 			[phrase]		 > in an emergency at (also to) needc1175 in a needc1225 at (also in, on, upon) a pinch1489 for a need1547 ATA1939 the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity			[phrase]		 > in time of adversity at (also to) needc1175 in a needc1225 need-stead?c1450 c1175    Ormulum 		(Burchfield transcript)	 l. 12245  				Ȝiff þu wære rædiȝ till. To nittenn itt att nede. Onn alle þa þatt haffdenn ned [etc.]. c1275						 (?a1200)						    Laȝamon Brut 		(Calig.)	 		(1963)	 529  				Brutus hefede gode cnihtes to neode. c1300    Havelok 		(Laud)	 		(1868)	 9 (MED)  				He was þe wicteste man at nede. a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  iii. 1772 (MED)  				They..soghten frendes ate nede. c1400						 (?a1300)						    Kyng Alisaunder 		(Laud)	 		(1952)	 2402  				Þat shulden comen on fresshe stede Hem to socoure at most nede. 1488						 (c1478)						    Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace 		(Adv.)	 		(1968–9)	  ii. l. 55  				He drew a suerd at helpit him at neide. a1500						 (?a1400)						    Morte Arthur 		(1903)	 85  				Swerd and sheld were good at nede. 1567    Compend. Bk. Godly Songs 		(1897)	 107  				He sall deliuer the at neid. a1625    J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas 		(1639)	  iii. i. sig. F4  				Let rogues be staid that have no habitation... A friend at need you rogue is worth a million. 1667    J. Milton Paradise Lost  ix. 260  				Where each To other speedie aide might lend at need .       View more context for this quotation 1698    W. Pope Fables 35  				This Punishment is just, I denyd succour to my Friend at need. 1725    J. Glanvill tr.  Horace in  Poems 220  				Or prove at Need so seasonably kind. 1749    B. Franklin Proposals rel. Educ. Youth in  Papers 		(1961)	 III. 403  				Besides the gaining a Skill which may serve him at Need, the Advantages to Health by often Bathing in cold Water during the Heat of the Summer, are so many. 1805    W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel  i. xxii. 23  				Sir William of Deloraine, good at need. 1873    R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country  iv. 233  				This power you hold for profit of myself And all the world at need. 1900    Atlantic Monthly July 59/2  				What an adjustable mind he must have had, with..graceful moods of mirth or melancholy waiting to be summoned at need! 1994    R. Davies Cunning Man 458  				A man with an extensive education who could, at need, compose what was professionally called ‘a think-piece’. < as lemmas  | 
	
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