pyrrhic

名词 pyrrhic:

1. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
   同义词：dibrach
2. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

形容词 pyrrhic:

1. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
2. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
3. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)

1. So it looks as it the politicians have won. My only point is that it has been a Pyrrhic victory. In no country in the world are politicians held in greater or more open division than they are here.
   因此，看起来政治家们取得了胜利。我惟一的想法是，他们为此付出了惨重的代价，未免得不偿失。世界上其他任何一个国家的政治家之间的分歧都没有这里的政治家之间的分歧那么大，那么公开。

pyr.rhic

n.（名词）
A metrical foot having two short or unaccented syllables.
二短音步：一种有节奏的步伐，上有两个短或无重音的音节
adj.（形容词）
Of or characterized by pyrrhics.
祝捷舞的：祝捷舞的或有此特征的

来源：
Latin pyrrhicius
拉丁语 pyrrhicius
from Greek purrikhios
源自 希腊语 purrikhios
from purrikhô [a war dance]
源自 purrikhô [战斗舞蹈]
perhaps from Purrikhos , supposed inventor of the dance
可能源自 布瑞克豪斯 ，推定的这种舞蹈的发明者