a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses
pyrrhic victory 例句
英汉例句
but, it was all too little to make me feel really good about my reporter’s pyrrhic victory of scoring a rare exclusive.
但是,作为记者付出了极大代价,得到这样的独家新闻,我却没有感到丝毫的喜悦。
it proved a pyrrhic victory because it upset some of the banks' biggest clients.
这一胜利代价极大,因为它使得这些银行的一些最大客户很不安。
after the battle of eylau in 1807, a pyrrhic victory for the french, he walked across the battlefield, turning over with his foot the corpses of french soldiers, saying, 「small change, small change.」