菅首相に対する不信任決議案が否決された翌日のThe Japan Times Onlineの記事タイトルに "Kan wins Pyrrhic victory: analysts" と言うのがありました。民主党内の茶番劇の結果、民主党員で反対票を投じたのは僅か2名だったので、決議案は票数からすると完全に否決されたのですが、 "Pyrrhic victory" が圧倒的な勝利を意味するとは思えません。 記事を読んだのですが、ヒントになりそうな個所は次ぎの部分ではないかと推測しました。(記事の全文は http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603a1.html にあります。)
But Kan has lost significant sway within his own party, as many followers of Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, Kan's foe, supported the opposition attempt to oust him.
"Pyrrhic victory" は勝つには勝っても失ったものも大きい勝利ではないかとの推測です。 では辞書で確認します。
・Cambridge Dictionary Online: a victory which is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it: She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
・Wiktionary: A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.
なお発音はピリックに近く、ピにアクセントがあります。(Cambridge Dictionary Online: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pyrrhic-victory で実際の発音が聴けます。)
But Kan has lost significant sway within his own party, as many followers of Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, Kan's foe, supported the opposition attempt to oust him.
"Pyrrhic victory" は勝つには勝っても失ったものも大きい勝利ではないかとの推測です。 では辞書で確認します。
・Cambridge Dictionary Online: a victory which is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it: She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
・Wiktionary: A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.
なお発音はピリックに近く、ピにアクセントがあります。(Cambridge Dictionary Online: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pyrrhic-victory で実際の発音が聴けます。)
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