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单词 the lesser of two evils
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the lesser of two evils

the less unpleasant of two choices, neither of which is good:

But allowing a criminal to go free is perhaps the lesser of two evils if the alternative is imprisoning an innocent person.

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Quite good, or not very good

  • acceptable
  • adequate
  • agreeable
  • all very well idiom
  • all very well/fine/good idiom
  • average
  • cut
  • fair
  • half decent
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferent
  • kind
  • pass
  • patchy
  • reasonable
  • refined
  • rose
  • rough edges idiom
  • satisfactory

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the lesser of two evils

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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