单词	Pyrrhic victory
释义	Pyrrhic victoryPyr‧rhic vic‧to‧ry /ˌpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINPyrrhic victory Origin: 1800-1900 Pyrrhus (312?-272BC), Greek king whose army defeated the Romans but had very many killed and wounded Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I raised a stink about it and got my seat back, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. It may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. My only regret is that he didn't turn up at court to watch his Pyrrhic victory. The triumph of postmodernism, at least in the west, has been a Pyrrhic victory. This was indeed a Pyrrhic victory, because West Indies cricket was assuredly the loser. a victory in which the person who wins suffers so much that the victory was hardly worth winning
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