Pyrrhic victory
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基本解釋
- 付出極大代價而獲得的勝利
英漢例句
- It proved a pyrrhic victory because it upset some of the banks' biggest clients.
這一勝利代價極大，因為它使得這些銀行的一些最大客戶很不安。 - Our winning the opening game was a Pyrrhic victory, as our leading scorer was seriously injured.
我們贏得公開賽是一場損失慘重的勝利，因為我們主要的得分隊受了重傷。
blog.sina.com.cn - But, it was all too little to make me feel really good about my reporter’s Pyrrhic victory of scoring a rare exclusive.
但是，作為記者付出了極大代價，得到這樣的獨家新聞，我卻沒有感到絲毫的喜悅。 - For long-suffering New York teachers, however, the settlement is likely to prove a pyrrhic victory.
FORBES: Magazine Article - Microsoft must sometimes feel like its lead in the game market is a Pyrrhic victory.
ENGADGET: NPD: Xbox 360 ruled a steadily declining video game empire in July - Still, there is reason to think this might prove a Pyrrhic victory for Hon Hai.
ECONOMIST: Sharp and Hon Hai
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- a victory that is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it
- If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something that was worth even more.