| 词汇 | necessary-evil |
| 释义 | necessary evil noun[ C ] uk /ˌnes.ə.ser.i ˈiː.vəl/ us /ˌnes.ə.ser.i ˈiː.vəl/ something unpleasant that must be accepted in order to achieve a particular result: 不想做但必须做的事；不得不接受的事 I think he regards work as a necessary evil.我想他把工作看成是迫不得已的事。 Most Americans accept taxes as a necessary evil.大多数美国人认为纳税是必须的。 Essential or necessary a man's gotta do what a man's gotta doidiom baked in basically basis be a question of doing somethingidiom box ticking elemental gotta hang hang on/upon something have occasion to do somethingidiom if need beidiom lifeline meat and potatoesidiom necessary necessitate owe symbiosis symbiotic symbiotically Examples of necessary evilnecessary evil The invisible part of politics - lobbying, majority maneuvers, and persuasion - is a necessaryevil to manage problems effectively. On a libertarian account, the state is ultimately seen as a necessaryevil and should remain extremely limited in power and scope. The former saw the jobber as a necessaryevil, the latter saw the jobber as an exploitative agent. While authors may see peer review as a necessaryevil, most recognize that it plays an important role in validating their work. Coercion is thus considered a necessaryevil for the good of society and eventually for the long-term interests of every member. It is surely more of a necessaryevil. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Surely in a case of that kind of boys of eighteen and nineteen an ordinary short term of imprisonment is a necessaryevil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The punishment of the criminal is a necessaryevil, an evil which we all deplore, and which we would all see avoided if possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consideration of the stakeholder, the old and the young, and the environment was a necessaryevil and was tolerated—just. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before the war, 1: used to describe flats as a necessaryevil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Travelling to work is a necessaryevil, and one that it is to be hoped can be achieved with the minimum of inconvenience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a great tragedy, but it is a necessaryevil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that everyone agrees that compulsory purchasing powers are at best a necessaryevil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 5 cannot be considered anything but a necessaryevil, necessary in order to settle a legacy of muddle left us by our predecessors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But at the moment it is a necessaryevil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of necessary evil These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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