| 词汇 | need must |
| 释义 | (redirected from need must)needs mustSaid when something is necessary but undesirable, unpleasant, or unfavorable. I didn't want to drive all the way across town again to collect the bed, but needs must. I already had plans for this evening, but if needs must I can take you to the airport. needs mustsometimes you are forced to take a course of action that you would have preferred to avoid.This is a shortened form of the proverb needs must when the Devil drives , which is first found in a work by the medieval author John Lydgate . needs ˈmust (when the devil drives)(saying) in particular situations it is necessary for you to do something you do not like or enjoy: Of course I’d rather go to the beach than sit here studying for my exams, but needs must I suppose. |
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