usually with negativeA situation having advantages and no disadvantages.
绝对有利的情形(或事物)
motherhood is not an unmixed blessing
做母亲并非绝对的幸福。
Example sentencesExamples
From an economic standpoint, patents are not an unmixed blessing.
The second problem is Egan's claim that progressive educators regard literacy and rationality as unmixed blessings.
Children are not an unmixed blessing, and I would quickly disabuse any starry-eyed romantic who thinks otherwise
For example, when Barber discusses the assistance that siblings render to one another in hunter-gatherer societies, he writes, ‘Such help is not always an unmixed blessing because of rivalry between siblings.’
While this is generally considered a sign of great progress, it is not an unmixed blessing.
The flourishing of such commissions and councils has been valuable in many respects, but it has not been an unmixed blessing.
What, however, Walter appears to miss - at any rate she shows no critical hesitation over it - is that belief in human perfectibility is, to put it gently, not an unmixed blessing.
Is it really an unmixed blessing of contemporary capitalism that fewer and fewer Americans can count on a lifetime job with health care and a pension?
Desperate as the position appeared, neither the Soviet nor even the US entry into the war appeared unmixed blessings for the UK.
This should not be taken to mean that celibacy is an unmixed blessing.
Definition of unmixed blessing in US English:
unmixed blessing
noun
usually with negativeA situation or thing having advantages and no disadvantages.
绝对有利的情形(或事物)
motherhood is not an unmixed blessing
做母亲并非绝对的幸福。
Example sentencesExamples
What, however, Walter appears to miss - at any rate she shows no critical hesitation over it - is that belief in human perfectibility is, to put it gently, not an unmixed blessing.
Children are not an unmixed blessing, and I would quickly disabuse any starry-eyed romantic who thinks otherwise
The second problem is Egan's claim that progressive educators regard literacy and rationality as unmixed blessings.
Is it really an unmixed blessing of contemporary capitalism that fewer and fewer Americans can count on a lifetime job with health care and a pension?
Desperate as the position appeared, neither the Soviet nor even the US entry into the war appeared unmixed blessings for the UK.
While this is generally considered a sign of great progress, it is not an unmixed blessing.
The flourishing of such commissions and councils has been valuable in many respects, but it has not been an unmixed blessing.
From an economic standpoint, patents are not an unmixed blessing.
For example, when Barber discusses the assistance that siblings render to one another in hunter-gatherer societies, he writes, ‘Such help is not always an unmixed blessing because of rivalry between siblings.’
This should not be taken to mean that celibacy is an unmixed blessing.