单词 | Pyrrhic victory |
释义 | Pyrrhic victory a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost. Cf. Cadmean victory. [1880-85; < Gk 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] |
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