pyrrhic

/ˈpɪɹ.ɪk/

adj

(prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables). / Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.

The team's victory was pyrrhic, as they lost their star player to injury.

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意味（1）

(prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).

意味（2）

Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.

意味（3）

Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”)

Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die.

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