单词 | dearly-won |
释义 | dearly-won (once / 1313257 pages) adj WORD FAMILY dearly-won USAGE EXAMPLESAnd thither came—15,000 strong—all of the Army of the Ohio who could be spared from garrisoning dearly-won Kentucky and East Tennessee. McElroy, John, Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6)—Si And Shor...(2010) They want to use you as a makeweight in their game of wresting from the Russian workers their dearly-won liberty. Brown, William Montgomery, Communism and Christianism—Analyzed...(2010) In spite of all that he had just passed through, Jack's thoughts were not fixed upon the fighting or dearly-won victory. Avery, Harold, Soldiers of the Queen(2010) adj entailing great loss or sacrifice a dearly-won victory Syn costly expensive high in price or charging high prices |
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