| 单词 | pyrrhic |
| 例句 | She deserved to hurl whatever was available, to keep us moving, to speak in counterpoint to the deadening strings of my pyrrhic feet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Battle Won” is pyrrhic through and through: “The things I do to prove I’m right/Break her heart just to watch her cry.” Playlist: New Releases From Friends, Wade Bowen and Joey Badass 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z In fact, she made the quest for revenge after 9/11 look squalid and pyrrhic, a fearless decision for any American director. Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But it would have been a pyrrhic victory. Lagunitas drops lawsuit against Sierra Nevada after Twitter backlash 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Who can pluck a pyrrhic victory from this defeat? The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z It's easy to see Emma's 19th century zinger today in the pyrrhic victory of a salty tweet, a public dismissal of an older woman whose great crime is being insufficiently amusing to the popular girl. "Emma." is the candy-coated "Clueless" remake we deserve 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Stevenson is right to conclude, though, that had Agee lived long enough to witness it, he might have felt “pyrrhically vindicated by Trump’s transmogrification of American government.” Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Expect no pyrrhic victory here: this is joyous, hurtling guitar glory – Stern's brilliant paean to survival. Marnie Stern: The Chronicles of Marnia – review 2013-03-21T20:30:01Z It could be argued that this is a victory—though a decidedly pyrrhic one—for criticism itself, in that the immediate cataloguing and analysis of any given performance suddenly seemed paramount. What Just Happened at the Video Music Awards? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But those victories seem premature — if not pyrrhic — when the far more important defeat of a deadly virus is anything but assured. Perspective | This is not a ‘Tenet’ review. (Here’s why.) 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Few A-list celebrities have written so candidly about their own ravaging hunger for fame – but now that victory turns out to be on the pyrrhic side, where does that leave his ambition? Russell Brand: 'It's irrelevant what other people think of you' 2013-02-03T20:00:01Z The most touching pages of “Mad Enchantment” are those devoted to Georges Clemenceau, the French statesman who led his country to victory — ultimately pyrrhic — in the Great War. Monet’s last, desperate effort to create the world’s most beautiful paintings 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Gen. Saltzman said that the U.S. military wants to avoid a pyrrhic victory if war breaks out in space. House Republicans pan Biden’s outreach to Xi 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z This pyrrhic maneuver backfired in Canada, where the liberal government approved its Online News Act on June 22 despite the threats. Congress must stand up to tech bullying on news content | Editorial 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z But the live video feed the artillery gunners watch intently, from a drone flying above the city, suggests that even if Russia can finally wrestle control, it would be little more than a pyrrhic victory. Ukraine war: Inside the fight for the last streets of Bakhmut 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z "It would be a pyrrhic victory to weather the storm and continue to trade independently if doing so stunted its recovery potential," said Guy Foster, chief strategist at wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin. What is next for Credit Suisse after cash lifeline? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Some experts say any Russian victory could be pyrrhic - that is, not worth the cost. Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control - deputy mayor 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z But Ukraine and allies say seizing Bakhmut would be a pyrrhic victory given the months it has taken and the losses Russia has sustained. Ukraine's priority to hold the line as global security leaders gather 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Moscow's grinding push to try to take Bakhmut has puzzled some Western military analysts who say heavy losses on the Russian side and Ukraine's defensive lines mean any Russian victory there would be pyrrhic. France ready to back Pakistan in talks with creditors, says Macron 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z But it was the most pyrrhic of victories. Opinion | To save himself, McCarthy just destroyed the House 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Not only will you lose on the merits, but even if you somehow won the victory would by pyrrhic,” the attorney said. Outgoing Twitter employees prepare for legal campaign against world's richest man 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The visitors found no pyrrhic victory in that. Justin Herbert goes from efficient to ineffective after helmet hit derails momentum 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z For left-leaning economists who have been protesting against austerity since the global financial crisis and the era of austerity it unleashed, this moment represents a pyrrhic ideological victory at best. As Crises Mount, Europe Turns Once Again to Big Spending 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But for others, Sunday's announcement amounted to a pyrrhic victory. 377A: Gay marriage looms as new front line in Singapore battle for LGBT rights 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z “Putin’s prospects for any sort of victory appear increasingly pyrrhic,” former U.S. Ukraine braces for Donbas battle as Moscow’s war effort faces new questions 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Given their blithe disregard for pandemics and climate change, such a victory would, of course, be pyrrhic. A Nationalist International? Thanks to German taxpayers, the far right gets a global think tank 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Even if a BC judge rules in Mr Rogers' favour on Monday, it may be a pyrrhic victory. Real life Succession battle plagues Canada's largest telecoms firm 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z But it may turn out to be a pyrrhic victory in the long term, bringing to the fore concerns about China's hostage diplomacy. What's next after the release of Meng Wanzhou? 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z But that's also his ticket to the 2024 election, and he isn't confining himself to fantasies about "audits" and pyrrhic recount victories. Trump loyalists across the country going after fellow Republicans in 2022 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z But the victory was all but pyrrhic, when homes and livelihoods were gone and there was no way to make money. 100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre, What Does Justice Look Like? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z When these people flooded the primaries to vote for their friend, the GOP went along because political parties are ultimately there to win elections, not make principled, pyrrhic gestures. Opinion | There is no Trumpism. There is only Trump. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The confusing and opaque process that accompanied the positive outcome threatens to render pyrrhic any victory over the forces of misinformation and meddling. Opinion | Twitter and Facebook were right to suppress a Biden smear. But they should tell us why they did. 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z So, even if Trump is able to put an anti-abortion replacement on the supreme court it may prove to be a pyrrhic victory. Meet the anti-abortion Republicans defecting from Trump and voting Biden this year | Will Samson 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z But a pyrrhic victory for the House allows you to introduce yourself to ordinary Idahoans who don’t know a state treasurer from a state controller. Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The removal of the symbols of colonial violence risks becoming a pyrrhic victory if its aims are reduced to a campaign for rectifying historical injustices. By tearing down our statues, Albanians stopped learning from the past | Lea Ypi 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z As Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, aided by his Russian allies, nears his brutal if pyrrhic recapture of the entire country by closing in on Idlib, there is yet a new way of Syrian death. Opinion | ‘He Didn’t Want to Lie in a Grave That Couldn’t Be Visited’ 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z But if this is a Brexit victory, it may – possibly – prove in the end to be pyrrhic. If the exit poll is right, this election will transform British politics | Martin Kettle 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z From the beginning, with 1984’s The Terminator, the series was primarily about one thing: the merciless, pyrrhic single-mindedness a machine soldier could bring to its missions. Terminator: Dark Fate is a throwback for the franchise 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Turning to Wednesday night's debate by Democratic presidential candidates, Trump suggested it was a sort of pyrrhic win for Vice President Joe Biden. Trump urges rally attendees not to chant 'send her back'; he also says Harris had 'bad' debate night 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Such pyrrhic victory would not, it seems, worry them; a point, after all, is a point. So, guys, you reckon you could take a point off Serena Williams? | Alex Clark 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Harris’s victory may be pyrrhic, however, since bussing is an unpopular subject with a long history of widening divisions between Democrats. Kamala Harris punctures Joe Biden's confidence: who won the second debate? | Panelists 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “It would be like winning a pyrrhic battle,” he said, “where you win, but many things are left on the field, your strength very much weakened despite the victory.” Mexico could beat U.S. in trade war, but would be a 'pyrrhic'... 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z But the music industry’s vanquishing of Napster turned out to be a pyrrhic victory: the genie had escaped from the bottle. Farewell then, iTunes, and thanks for saving the music industry from itself | John Naughton 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z But if it involves embracing the second, any victory will be pyrrhic. Britain is horribly divided – but that’s also the fault of remainers | John Harris 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It helped her win a pyrrhic victory: 200 to 117, while her critics were later to rue the fact that party rules meant she could not, in theory, face a challenge for another year. Theresa May never had a grip on the crown that fell into her lap 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z It was a pyrrhic victory: May won by 200 to 117 but the losing side represented a substantial minority who, under party rules, could not challenge her again for a year. How May miscalculated the Brexit numbers game 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z But it may end up being a pyrrhic victory, as the government said that the land may still be put on the auction block in the future. Indigenous peoples go to court to save the Amazon from oil company greed 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The incident may prove to be a pyrrhic victory for Washington, however. Panama the new flashpoint in China's growing presence in Latin America 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It may be a pyrrhic victory that fosters more overreach and hubris for which the Republicans could pay an even steeper price in 2020. Road to the White House goes through Iowa. Who can capture hearts in 2020? 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Yet such victories were always pyrrhic, since the ever-present snark of smug politics affirmed the right’s new-class theory even as it mocked it. How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise | Jeff Sparrow 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z In the end, therefore, Trump’s “trade victory” may well prove pyrrhic. Does the U.S. have the ingredients to win a trade war? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z In any case, the tragedies are there – my husband’s condition has been diagnosed, but that’s what he would call a pyrrhic victory; the condition is deteriorating and has no known cure. Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Although he may ultimately declare victory in this war, it will certainly be a pyrrhic one. The Flight 93 doctrine 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z But dozens of those victories were partial or pyrrhic. Behind Trump’s Plan to Overhaul the Government: Scaling Back the Safety Net 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Whoever prevails in what remains of Syria will face a pyrrhic victory. Civilians without hope, a leader without a country: call this a victory? 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Even when a judge ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was violating antitrust law, conventional wisdom held that the victory was largely pyrrhic. The Case Against Google 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The submarine was at the cutting edge of nautical engineering for its time, and its pyrrhic victory bolstered the spirits of the Confederate side after a string of battlefield defeats. Scientists solve mystery of US Civil War submarine 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z An Ohio state senator who helped write the law restricting municipalities’ use of traffic enforcement cameras calls the state Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday striking down that law a “pyrrhic victory” for home-rule cities and villages. The Latest: State legislator says camera law to be revisited 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z And by the end of the night she was contemplating the most pyrrhic of victories. Election results: The gamble that settled nothing - BBC News 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z But personally I’m not really too interested in spinning my wheels in this pyrrhic war. Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only the elite benefit | Lucky Tran 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Generals who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan to anything but victory — pyrrhic ones don’t count — are again being empowered. Too many generals spoil democracy: Trump’s push to “win” with warriors is a loss for America 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But it will be a pyrrhic victory at best. Inside Kerry’s race to stop the siege of Aleppo 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z This protest is not disrespect and it is not pyrrhic action. Long Before Kaepernick, There Was Navratilova 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Pink ends on a note of pyrrhic victory for the girls, but the patriarchal menace that threatens Indian women from leading their independent lives lingers to its end. Pink: A Bollywood film about India's 'rape culture' - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A military victory over one of modern history’s most savage band of marauders may yet prove pyrrhic. Losing ground, fighters and morale – is it all over for Isis? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z De Mistura insisted that emptying and destroying towns represented a pyrrhic victory, and a political solution was still needed. Mass evacuations from Syrian cities now likely, says UN 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z With a 9½ -game lead entering the day, pyrrhic victories can cost more in the long run than a loss here or there. Errors, tired bullpen catch up to Nationals in series finale against Braves 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr Trump could win with the help of an overwhelmingly white voting bloc, but it may be a pyrrhic victory - a last hurrah for a shrinking party. Can Republicans really dump Trump? - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But it turned out to be a pyrrhic victory. Analysis: China emerges more muscular after ASEAN meetings 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The heroism of Reynolds, Muflahi and Reed in the face of occupying forces are minuscule, pyrrhic triumphs in an ever-rising sea of blood. How Police See Us, and How They Train Us to See Them 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The embattled prime minister “carried the day among MPs,” the left-wing Guardian newspaper wrote, but “this was a pyrrhic victory.” David Cameron dubbed ‘Dodgy Dave’ by Labour Party amid Panama Papers scandal 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Outlasting Mr Bush, in a face-off that once appeared pivotal to the contest, now seems a distinctly pyrrhic achievement. Marcomento mori 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z If Trump keeps it close, that may prove a pyrrhic victory. Super Tuesday: how the primary calendar's biggest day will unfold 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The sense of a draw it leaves us with — neither the agony of defeat nor the thrill of victory, except perhaps a pyrrhic one — is, Lindholm argues, the true cost of war. In Danish drama ‘A War,’ nobody wins, everybody loses a little 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Not destined to win, but still visually astonishing: the six-minute solo pencil-on-paper piece "Prologue," which largely follows a gory, pyrrhic battle between four photorealistically drawn warriors, two of them graphically nude. Live-action misery, animated joy: 2016's Oscar-nominated shorts 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Since this is a triumph of short-term profits over the long-term interest of people and planet alike, it is a pyrrhic victory if ever there was one. Dietary Pseudo-Confusion: of Fire and Rain 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But whoever wins control of what remains of the oil industry may find it a pyrrhic victory. Recession, retrenchment, revolution? Impact of low crude prices on oil powers 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Time will tell if it was a pyrrhic victory. Nothing to choose between Ireland, Pumas in RWC quarterfinal 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z What Europe really needs now is a swift return to growth and prosperity for all, debtor and creditor alike, without which today’s victory will prove pyrrhic indeed. What Europe really needs right now 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z "Listen, it is some sort of victory but it is a pyrrhic victory because the measures are very strict," said Marianna, 73. Greek PM Tsipras faces party revolt over bailout deal 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Many assumed it would be a fleeting, pyrrhic victory for Bundy until authorities found another way to tame him. A year after armed standoff, Cliven Bundy still star of his own Tea Party-tinged western 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z First, if we manage widespread U.S. adoption of solar it will be a pyrrhic victory unless it is also adopted by India, China, and the rest of the developing world. Global Warming Is Global 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z All the same, it’s hard not to interpret Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s pyrrhic victory on Tuesday as a major win for the party’s economically populist wing. Rahm Emanuel’s “huge embarrassment”: What it means for liberals — and America 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The E.U., meanwhile, may find its victory is a pyrrhic one. Russia Abandons Black Sea Gas Pipeline to South-Eastern Europe 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z If so, his victory on appeal might be pyrrhic since it was believed that Goodell would have lifted the suspension after one season anyway once Rice successfully completed his court-ordered diversion program. NFL needs to learn lesson from Ray Rice case 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Now those groups have won the day, though the victory may be pyrrhic. On immigration, the GOP should make the next move Campaigning for a symbolic victory over the fossil-fuel industry, they may end up with a pyrrhic one — if any. Liberals are violating their principles on Keystone XL Yet for all this success, the midterms may prove a pyrrhic victory for the Republican Party. The Challenge for the New Republican Majority 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z But their victory was somewhat pyrrhic; DeCSS is still widely available online. A Print Magazine for Hackers 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z "Undoubtedly, both opponents and defenders of the former president … consider the system unreliable. Thus, any victory becomes a pyrrhic one." Guatemala, once a leader in war-crime prosecutions, at a standstill 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z For the president, that would be a pyrrhic victory indeed. Mr. Obama’s immigration stutter-step Only Arya appeared to come out on top, but it’s likely a pyrrhic victory. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Fear Factor 2014-04-07T02:00:56Z The word pyrrhic comes from the Greek general, Pyrrhus, who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Asculum but lost so many troops that he couldn’t defeat Rome itself. 9 Great Things to Read in (Roughly) 9 Minutes 2014-03-19T17:41:15Z The last prevention suggestion, “stopping activity before orgams,” could be effective, but surely a pyrrhic victory. 6 weird consequences of sex they don’t teach you about in sex ed 2014-03-05T23:30:00Z But says "the win at Bali means India is free to expand its inefficient system of subsidies till a fiscal breakdown. A pyrrhic victory, at best". Indian media: Analysing 'Modi wave' 2013-12-10T06:11:25Z But as the NRC report noted, this was probably a pyrrhic victory for civil liberties. Track the trackers 2013-06-12T17:50:01.943Z Rothschild, however, called the board's victory "pyrrhic", pointing to support from the company's heavyweight Indonesian shareholders. Rothschild defeated in Bumi showdown 2013-02-21T19:24:46Z If that happens, it may prove to be a pyrrhic victory for the Burmese high command. Kachin rebels defiant on Burma's northern front line 2013-01-21T18:30:54Z McGovern leaves a legacy that is more than wistful poignance of pyrrhic liberalism. The American Quixote: The Death of George McGovern (1922-2012) 2012-10-21T14:35:35Z But it is largely a symbolic one, and probably a pyrrhic one too. The Supreme Court’s politics: Finely balanced 2012-06-28T15:03:26Z “I’m asking you not to settle for someone who might be able to win the election, but it might be a pyrrhic victory,” he said. Santorum braces to move past Iowa?s caucuses after unexpected boost in polls fuels momentum 2012-01-03T09:11:59Z Alluding to Romney, Santorum implored voters to “not settle for someone as your nominee who might be able to win the election but it might be a pyrrhic victory.” Analysis: Despite impressive run, Romney has yet to unite conservatives or erase weak spots 2012-01-02T22:16:56Z I am not sure that even eurosceptics understand that their triumph has been pyrrhic precisely because they were against the consensus of otherwise sensible European politicians and bureaucrats. The eurozone: it's a pyrrhic victory for the eurosceptics 2011-08-13T23:06:43Z What a pyrrhic victory that would be for us proud Guardian readers. Letters: Press regulation ? getting the balance right 2011-07-11T19:59:01Z Do not be so imbecile as to believe that your garden will be hailed upon, if you have missed dancing the pyrrhic or the cordax. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Their win, alas, was a pyrrhic one that led to hubris, bad lending practices and big losses. High & Low Finance: At Consumer Bureau, Elizabeth Warren Would Be Bane of Banks 2010-07-23T00:40:00Z "The Portuguese government ego wins a pyrrhic victory over reason at least until July 8," said Robin Bienstock, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein's. Portugal blocks Vivo sale, court battle looms 2010-06-30T16:27:00Z Now there is corruption and confrontation everywhere, and the ISA troops find themselves fighting for survival in the immediate aftermath of their decidedly pyrrhic victory. E3 2010: Killzone 3 preview 2010-06-18T05:42:00Z A win for either side, now, will be a pyrrhic victory. British Airways: a dispute no one can win 2010-06-09T15:30:00Z Feet thus deficient in stress may conveniently be called pyrrhics, the pyrrhic being understood as made up of two unstressed syllables. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Standing on his head there, he galloped backwards, forwards, and sideways in all sorts of extraordinary curves and ups and downs, his feet meanwhile playing trochees, dactyls, pyrrhics, &c., in the air. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Iambic words may become pyrrhics, on account of the stress accent on the first syllable. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors A pyrrhic is a foot consisting of two syllables both of which are unaccented. Composition-Rhetoric The prosecution agreed to drop one of the 48 counts, noting it was a duplicate charge, but the backdown was a pyrrhic victory for Phoenix. Underground There can be no very general agreement among readers as to the degree of accent necessary to change a pair of syllables from an "iambus" to a "pyrrhic" or a "spondee." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In other words the first, third, fifth, and seventh feet are regularly pyrrhics. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Three irregular feet, the pyrrhic, the spondee, the amphibrach, are occasionally found in lines, but not in entire poems, and are often considered merely as substitutes for regular feet. Composition-Rhetoric |
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