单词 | necessity has no law |
释义 | > as lemmasNecessity has (or knows) no law a. Laws regarded as obeyed or enforced; controlling influence of laws; the condition of society characterized by the observance of the laws. Often in phrase law and order. Proverb: Necessity has (or knows) no law. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] lawc1175 peacec1300 governancea1393 order1483 c1175 Lamb Hom. 109 Ȝif þe biscop bið ȝemeles, and þet folc butan steore eft butan laȝe. c1250 Ten Abuses in Old Eng. Misc. 184 Lond wið-ute laȝe [v.r. lawe]. a1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 150 Thus wil walketh in londe, and lawe is for-lore. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 122 The Kyng and the comune and kynde with the thridde Shope lawe and lewte eche man to knowe his owne. a1555 N. Ridley Pituous Lament. (1566) sig. Diiii The latter reason..includeth a necessitie which after the common sayinge hathe no lawe. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Legitimo..according to law and order. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A4 Poore and need hath no lawe. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xlvi. 268 Necessity, which hath no law, compelled us thereunto. 1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. 20 Dec. (1849) 1689 A military diploma, expressive of his patriotism and attachment to law and order. 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 71 They had better..compel it [sc. vice] to act under the trammels of law and order. 1846 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 24 Mar. The ‘Law and Order’ party has clearly fulfilled..its public mission. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. iii. 60 Her father could not do otherwise. Necessity has no law. 1881 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) II. viii. 371 To support the Lord-Lieutenant..in maintaining law and order in this country [Ireland]. 1893 G. B. Shaw Imposs. Anarchism 24 You may, if you are a..comfortably-off person, think that the policeman..is the guardian of law and order. 1932 G. F.-H. Berkeley & J. Berkeley Italy in Making I. iii. 42 This repression continued until..even his allies finally began to perceive that law-and-order can be bought at too dear a price. 1952 N.Y. Times 11 Mar. 11/1 (heading) Ex-sergeant rode to power on cry of ‘Law and Order’, seizing reins in 1933. 1962 S. Wynter Hills of Hebron ix. 118 The Commissioner..had come to use words like ‘duty’, ‘law and order’ to cover up a lack of imagination. 1967 P. Henderson William Morris ii. xii. 281 The SFD and the League..started a campaign for free speech, which suddenly brought Morris into conflict with the forces of Law and Order. 1968 Economist 5 Oct. 41/3 Mr Nixon and..Mr Humphrey are both making concessions to this overriding concern about ‘law and order’. 1970 New Yorker 26 Sept. 137/1 If it happens that rightists are successful in capturing most of the law-and-order vote, then, of course, the country will move to the right politically. 1972 Daily Tel. 24 May 15 The published motions cover a wider and more immediate political field than usual—from the economy and unemployment to the media, Ulster and law and order. 1973 Black World Dec. 19/1 A sense of determinism that is diametrically opposed to the ruler-class ‘law-and-order’ and individualism. necessity has (also knows) no law 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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