英语词汇“pyrrhic victory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Of, or resembling that of, Pyrrhus; esp. (of a victory, etc.) resembling the victory of Pyrrhus over the Romans at the battle of Asculum (279 b.c.), in which he defeated the Romans but suffered a great number of casualties; (hence) gained at too great a cost to be worthwhile. Frequently in Pyrrhic victory.Chiefly with allusion to the exclamation attributed to Pyrrhus after the battle of Asculum: Ἂν ἔτι μίαν μάχην νικήσωμεν, ἀπολώλαμεν, ‘one more such victory and we are lost’ ( Plutarch Moralia 184 C).

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > ultimate success or victory > involving one's own ruin

Cadmean victory1603

Pyrrhic victory1675

1675 E. Sherburne tr. M. Manilius Sphere 54 The Generous Brutus her Infranchiser, Papyrius, who reveng'd the Pyrrhick War [L. Pyrrhi..bella].

1773 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Cato 27 It is evident therefore that he must have been a very old man, at the time of the Pyrrhic war [L. Pyrrhi bello].

1836 Times 27 Jan. 2/5 The return of Lord Melbourne at the best was but a Pyrrhic triumph.

1856 Times 22 Jan. 6/5 As the state of hostility in those regions appeared to be chronic..England had won a pyrrhic victory.

1871 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. v. 430 Temporarily suspended during the height of the Pyrrhic War..they [sc. animosities between Carthage and Rome] burst out at its close.

1885 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. Although its acceptance might secure for the moment the triumph of a party division, it would be indeed a Pyrrhic victory.

1916 H. H. Powers Things Men fight For viii. 129 But the force of the empire, no longer recruited by conquest, rapidly declined. The defeat over Venice was a pyrrhic victory.

1932 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 52 132/1 Little more than the podium of the temple survived the Pyrrhic wars.

1973 Austral. Humanist 26 1/1 The victory of the Roman Catholic-dominated Right to Life Association over the McKenzie-Lamb private members Bill to provide abortions on request..will be seen by social historians of the future as pyrrhic.

1998 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 28/6 For the Chancellor who has been running Germany for 16 years, pushing through the euro could be pyrrhic.

单词	pyrrhic victory
释义	> as lemmas Pyrrhic victory Of, or resembling that of, Pyrrhus; esp. (of a victory, etc.) resembling the victory of Pyrrhus over the Romans at the battle of Asculum (279 b.c.), in which he defeated the Romans but suffered a great number of casualties; (hence) gained at too great a cost to be worthwhile. Frequently in Pyrrhic victory.Chiefly with allusion to the exclamation attributed to Pyrrhus after the battle of Asculum: Ἂν ἔτι μίαν μάχην νικήσωμεν, ἀπολώλαμεν, ‘one more such victory and we are lost’ ( Plutarch Moralia 184 C). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > ultimate success or victory > involving one's own ruin Cadmean victory1603 Pyrrhic victory1675 1675 E. Sherburne tr. M. Manilius Sphere 54 The Generous Brutus her Infranchiser, Papyrius, who reveng'd the Pyrrhick War [L. Pyrrhi..bella]. 1773 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Cato 27 It is evident therefore that he must have been a very old man, at the time of the Pyrrhic war [L. Pyrrhi bello]. 1836 Times 27 Jan. 2/5 The return of Lord Melbourne at the best was but a Pyrrhic triumph. 1856 Times 22 Jan. 6/5 As the state of hostility in those regions appeared to be chronic..England had won a pyrrhic victory. 1871 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. v. 430 Temporarily suspended during the height of the Pyrrhic War..they [sc. animosities between Carthage and Rome] burst out at its close. 1885 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. Although its acceptance might secure for the moment the triumph of a party division, it would be indeed a Pyrrhic victory. 1916 H. H. Powers Things Men fight For viii. 129 But the force of the empire, no longer recruited by conquest, rapidly declined. The defeat over Venice was a pyrrhic victory. 1932 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 52 132/1 Little more than the podium of the temple survived the Pyrrhic wars. 1973 Austral. Humanist 26 1/1 The victory of the Roman Catholic-dominated Right to Life Association over the McKenzie-Lamb private members Bill to provide abortions on request..will be seen by social historians of the future as pyrrhic. 1998 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 28/6 For the Chancellor who has been running Germany for 16 years, pushing through the euro could be pyrrhic. extracted from Pyrrhicadj.² Pyrrhic victory Cadmean victory, Pyrrhic victory: see those words. moral victory: see moral victory n. at moral adj. Compounds 2.extracted from victoryn. < as lemmas
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