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单词 pyrrhic victory
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
Pyr•rhic vic•to•ry /ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Pyrrhic victory, 
  1. a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost. Cf. Cadmean victory. 
  • Greek Pyrrikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory would ruin him
  • 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Pyrrhic victory n
  1. a victory in which the victor's losses are as great as those of the defeated
    Also called: Cadmean victory
Etymology: named after Pyrrhus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 bc but suffered heavy losses
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