win the battle, but lose the war

短语

发音

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词形变化

wins the battle, but loses the war 三单 winning the battle, but losing the war 现在分词 won the battle, but lost the war 过去式 won the battle, but lost the war 过去分词 won the battle 过去式 but lost the war 过去式 won the battle 过去分词 but lost the war 过去分词 winning the battle 现在分词 but losing the war 现在分词 wins the battle 三单 but loses the war 三单

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To achieve a portion of a goal, but fail to achieve the entire goal.

    习语

    By turning in that one assignment, you may have won the battle, but you never turned anything else in, so in the end you lost the war.