英文諺語 NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION 需要為發明之母
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那時他發明了一個可以在國會用來計票的計票器
可是因為國會的議員們覺得
如果用此計票器計數後會無法表達心中的意見
因此不予採納此發明
愛迪生面對此情形感嘆不已
有感而發說了這一句話
“需要為發明之母"
有人說是柏拉圖,有人說是英格蘭有人在16世紀說的,但用的是拉丁文。俗話說:「需要為發明之母。」雖然不是每一項發明都適用於這句話,但通常發明家們都能創作出又酷又實用的東西。
MEANING
Difficult situations inspire ingenious solutions. When people really need to do something, they will figure out a way to do it.
It has been rightly said that necessity is the mother of inventions. Most of the inventions and discoveries owe their successful operation to necessity. Unless there is want we cannot struggle to attain the goal. The history of human progress in all walks of life is the history of man’s endeavour to reach new goals.
When man felt hungry, he started hunting and till land. The need for shelter lead the man to built huts and houses. The need for quick travel resulted in the invention of the fastest means of transport, making the world short. At the time of necessity, the human mind, which is creative and imaginative, thinks in a very quick manner.
In this age of science where a race is going on, deadly weapons are being manufactured due to necessity. The fear of the enemy has forced the power-hungry countries to invent such destructive weapons of death.
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