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necessity is the mother of invention

our needs cause us to invent devices, build a better mousetrap Do you think the invention of TV proves that necessity is the mother of invention?

of necessity

necessarily ；unavoidably必然地；不可避免地
With the Spring Festival coming soon， the traffic will of necessity become heavier．随着春节的到来，运输必将更加繁忙。
Being your lawyer，he will of necessity want to know all the details．作为你的律师，他当然要了解全部细节。

out of necessity

Idiom(s): out of necessity

Theme: NEED

because of necessity; due to need.
• I bought this hat out of necessity. I needed one, and this was all there was.
• We sold our car out of necessity.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

The need for something forces people to find a way of obtaining it.

Make a virtue out of necessity

If you make a virtue out of necessity, you make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation.

make a virtue of necessity|make|necessity|virtue

v. phr. Make the best of things as they are; do cheerfully what you do. After Mr. Wilson lost all his money, he made a virtue of necessity and found a new and interesting life as a teacher.
Compare: MAKE THE BEST OF.

of necessity|necessity

adv. phr. Because there is no other way; because it must be; necessarily. Being a professional actor of necessity means working nights and Sundays.

bare necessities

bare necessities
Just sufficient resources, with nothing to spare. For example, The room was furnished with just the bare necessities—bed, table, chair. This idiom uses bare in the sense of “mere, and nothing else,” a usage dating from about 1200.

make a virtue of necessity

make a virtue of necessity
Do the best one can under given circumstances, as in Since he can't break the contract, Bill's making a virtue of necessity. This expression first appeared in English in Chaucer's The Knight's Tale: “Then is it wisdom, as it thinketh me, to make virtue of necessity.” Also see make the best of it.

necessity

necessity
In addition to the idiom beginning with necessity, also see make a virtue of necessity; of necessity.