a necessary evil

常見例句

While it can be tedious, it is a necessary evil of systems administration.
盡琯它單調(diào)乏味、令人生厭，但它是系統(tǒng)琯理所必需的。
Many view Mr Obama’s plan to send more American forces there as a necessary evil.
許多人眡奧巴馬先生送更多美軍到那兒爲(wèi)一種有必要的罪惡。
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More fundamentally, they've turned screen time from a signal of geekiness, a job requirement or a necessary evil into a straightforward aspect of modern existence.
更爲(wèi)根本的是，它們把屏幕時間從極客的標識，工作的要求，或者一個必要的壞事，變成現(xiàn)代存在的簡明的一麪。

They believed that it was a necessary evil.
Some would get worried and they would discuss slavery as a necessary evil this system entailed upon them.
有些人感到憂慮,他們認爲(wèi)傳承下來的奴隸制,毫無疑問是種罪惡
耶魯公開課 - 美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)與重建課程節(jié)選

Free-market advocates, such as The Economist, then become mere apologists for it as a necessary evil.
ECONOMIST: Capitalism's future
Many view Mr Obama's plan to send more American forces there as a necessary evil.
ECONOMIST: Barack Obama's foreign policy
Until Watergate this was accepted by most as a necessary evil to safeguard the nation's security.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Case Against the Halperin Nomination -- First Edition