| 单词 | of needs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof needs b. of needs: of or by necessity; unavoidably, compulsorily. Cf. needs adv. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana i. i. 29 My life (yoong Shepherdesse) for thee Of needes to death must post. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. B2 Giue not thine eare to euery Idle tale, And trust no more, then what of needs thou must. 1659 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) I. 33 That it of neads sould be buildet ere James culd pan or ruiff therupon. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 163 She sung or said to herself some words of the Master's..for of needs must a stark child's nature in such a crisis appeal to something above and superior to itself. 1876 R. M. Milnes Poet. Wks. 68 The old Venetian sung those verses rare, ‘That Venice must of needs eternal be.’ 1890 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 494/2 If an evolution of musical forms was to take place at all, it must of needs be in accordance with..purely musical organic principles. 1909 E. Pound Personae 20 One must of needs be a hang'd early riser To catch you at worm turning. < as lemmas |
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