词组 | a Pyrrhic victory |
释义 | Idiom a Pyrrhic victory a victory that is not worth winning because you have suffered so much to achieve it.Winning the case may well prove to be a Pyrrhic victory as the award will not even cover their legal fees. Pyrrhic victoryA victory that is not worth achieving because of the excessive toll it takes on the victor. Winning the lawsuit was a Pyrrhic victory, since it cost us everything we had. a Pyrrhic victoryIf you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more. If gun-control advocates achieve their goals by threats, rather than through properly enacted legislation, it will be a Pyrrhic victory. Note: This expression comes from the victory of King Pyrrhus over the Romans, in which much of King Pyrrhus's army was killed. a ˌPyrrhic ˈvictorya victory which is achieved at too high a price and therefore not worth having: It was a Pyrrhic victory. They won the strike but then most of them lost their jobs.This idiom refers to Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, who in 279BC defeated the Romans but lost all his best officers and men. |
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