没有人真正喜欢它们，但它们是必要之恶。

Nobody really likes them, but they are a necessary evil.

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万豪敦说，为使飞利浦恢复旧有活力以面对经济风暴，裁员为必要之恶。

Frans van Houten said that in order to restore the old Philips vitality to the face of economic turmoil, layoffs as a necessary evil.

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在巴黎，自由市场主义者可能相信他是在防守道义立场(而不是必要之恶)的观点时常令人咋舌。

In Paris the idea that a free-market liberal may believe he is defending a moral position (rather than a necessary evil) often causes surprise.

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