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pyrrhic victory

/ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/

翻译: 指以极高代价或惨重损失换来的胜利,实质上等同于失败;源自伊庇鲁斯国王皮洛士,他虽赢得战斗却损失了大部分军队。

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/ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/C1formal
  • zh指以极高代价或惨重损失换来的胜利,实质上等同于失败;源自伊庇鲁斯国王皮洛士,他虽赢得战斗却损失了大部分军队。

A victory that comes at such a great cost or with such devastating losses that it is essentially equivalent to defeat, named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus who won a battle but lost most of his army.

  1. Costly successC1formal

    A victory that comes at such a great cost that it is essentially a defeat.

    zh皮洛士式胜利

    • Winning the lawsuit was a pyrrhic victory, as the legal fees bankrupted the company.
    • The general's pyrrhic victory left his army too decimated to continue the campaign.
    • Getting the promotion turned out to be a pyrrhic victory, as it required moving to a city she hated.