It is by and large a necessary evil.

总的来说，这是一种必要的邪恶。

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Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.

提高税率虽不是件令人愉快的事，但可能是必要的。

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Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as "a necessary evil".

与此同时，本可以让每个人生活更好的政府开支却被削减了，因为人们本能地——且错误地——将政府贴上了“必定邪恶”的标签。

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They believed that it was a necessary evil.

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Some would get worried and they would discuss slavery as a necessary evil this system entailed upon them.

有些人感到忧虑,他们认为传承下来的奴隶制,毫无疑问是种罪恶

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Pylons are a necessary evil if we are to wean ourselves off carbon-based energy.

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Mr Balkwell's father Les told BBC News the exhumation at Upminster Cemetery was "a necessary evil".

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Free-market advocates, such as The Economist, then become mere apologists for it as a necessary evil.

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