necessary evil, on back foot

Fiat Chrysler on back foot, awaits next administration after EPA alleges diesel emissions scam

Taxpayers are understandably outraged to foot the bill for $165 million in employee bonuses at A.I.G. -- but it may be a necessary evil, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column in The New York Times.

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on back foot

in a worse situation than other people or groups. Brazil's brilliant play put their opponents on the back foot.

necessary evil
noun [C]
something you do not like doing but which you know must be done, or something you do not like but which you must accept:
I think he regards work as a necessary evil.

• 必要悪、やむを得ない弊害、避け難い悪弊

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「necessary evil」を使った用例

• consider downsising as a necessary evil
• consider downsizing as a necessary evilより転送
  人員削減｛じんいん さくげん｝を必要悪｛ひつようあく｝だと考える
• consider downsizing as a necessary evil
• 人員削減｛じんいん さくげん｝を必要悪｛ひつようあく｝だと考える
• define the violence as a necessary evil to realise the dream
• define the violence as a necessary evil to realize the dream
• 夢を実現｛じつげん｝するために暴力｛ぼうりょく｝を必要悪｛ひつようあく｝だと定義｛ていぎ｝する
• necessary evil
• 必要悪、やむを得ない弊害、避け難い悪弊