| 单词 | to do the necessary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do the necessary c. to do the necessary: to do what the occasion demands; (also euphemistic) to do something unpleasant or unmentionable, spec. to urinate or defecate (cf. sense B. 3a). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > be necessary [verb (intransitive)] > do what is necessary to do the needful1681 to do the necessary1935 1935 Punch 13 Mar. 299/2 Lord Smith: Well, I suppose I must do the necessary! 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke xi. 176 The orders were that I was to do the necessary and he was to verify they were dead. 1967 P. Bailey At Jerusalem i. 92 ‘Do you want to go anywhere?’ ‘Go?’ ‘to do the necessary?’ ‘No.’ 1975 Times 20 Nov. 5/8 Lorry drivers..regarded this instrument [sc. the tachograph] as a spy which recorded everything they did, including going for a smoke, pulling into a layby and ‘doing the necessary’. 1991 M. Dibdin Dirty Tricks (BNC) 77 If we didn't have butchers to do the necessary, we'd be vegetarians out of sheer ineptitude. < as lemmas |
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