| 词汇 | lesser-of-two-evils |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | the lesser of two evilsidiom the less unpleasant of two choices, neither of which is good: 两害相权之轻者 But allowing a criminal to go free is perhaps the lesser of two evils if the alternative is imprisoning an innocent person.放走一个罪犯也许比把一个无辜者关进监狱要好一些。 Quite good, or not very good acceptable acceptably adequacy adequate adequately goodish government half decent iffy impure passably patchily patchiness patchy presentably scratch spotty the/your average bearidiom up to scratchidiom weedy the lesser of two evils | American Dictionarythe lesser of two evilsidiom something that is bad, but not as bad as something else: I had the choice of going with my parents to a concert or staying at my grumpy aunt's house – I chose my aunt's house as the lesser of two evils. |
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