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●a ˌPyrrhic ˈvictorya victory which is achieved at too high a price and therefore not worth having 得不偿失的胜利；付出极大代价换来的胜利◆It was a Pyrrhic victory. They won the strike but then most of them lost their jobs.
这场胜利得不偿失。他们罢工是赢了，不过后来大部分人都丢了工作。 ORIGIN This idiom refers to Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, who in 279BC defeated the Romans but lost all his best officers and men. 这个习语原指伊庇鲁斯国王皮洛士。公元前 279 年他打败了罗马人，却失去了所有最优秀的军官和士兵。 |