| 词汇 | needs must |
| 释义 | Idiom needs must something that you say which means that you will do something only because it is necessary.I really don't feel like cooking for all these people tonight but needs 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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