| 词汇 | what price |
| 释义 | Idiom what priceWhat price [fame/success/victory etc.]? something that you say which means it is possible that the fame, success etc. that has been achieved was not worth all the suffering it has caused.What price victory when so many people have died to make it possible? What price (something)?A question indicating one's doubt that an achievement is or was worth the cost in terms of the problems it has led to or the sacrifices that it required. Most commonly seen in the phrase "What price fame?" When you have to have a security detail just to go to the grocery store, you have to ask: What price fame? What price wealth, when you sell out everything you believe in along the way? what price —?1 used to ask what has become of something or to suggest that something has or would become worthless. 2 used to state that something seems unlikely. 1 1991 New Scientist What price modern medicine with its reliance on the prescription pad, and the slavish devotion to pills? |
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