2N-VAR 有讽刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之处 If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast. 有讽刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之处 [Also + of/in]
The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent.
具有讽刺意味的是,华盛顿的很多官员都私下里承认他们的政策前后不一致。
Opposition parties lost no time in stressing the irony of his return to power after being rejected by voters in November.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF IRONY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, heavy極大的/濃重的諷刺◇She tried to ignore the heavy irony in his voice.她盡量不去理會他濃重的諷刺口氣。➤gentle溫和的嘲諷◇She congratulated him with gentle irony.她略帶諷刺地向他表示祝賀。➤bitter, cruel, sad, tragic辛辣的嘲諷;殘酷的譏諷;悲哀的諷刺;悲劇性諷刺➤delicious美妙的諷刺▸➤nice絕妙的諷刺◇It is a nice irony that the rivalry among popes was solved by their ancient rival, the Holy Roman Emperor.教皇之間的爭鬥竟然由他們的老對手神聖羅馬帝國皇帝解決了,這簡直是絕妙的諷刺。➤final, supreme, ultimate最大的諷刺;莫大的諷刺◇The ultimate irony is that the revolution, rather than bringing freedom, actually ended it completely.革命非但沒有帶來自由,反而是完全結束了自由,這真是莫大的諷刺。➤dramatic (= in a play, when a character's words carry an extra meaning that the character is not aware of)戲劇性諷示... OF IRONY➤hint, touch, trace一絲諷刺;些微的嘲諷◇He thanked us all without a touch of irony.他感謝我們所有人,語氣中不帶絲毫嘲諷。PREPOSITION➤by a... irony帶着⋯的諷刺◇By a cruel irony, he died in a crash while returning home from the war.他從戰場歸來時因飛機失事而喪生,這樣的諷刺真是太殘忍了。PHRASES➤a certain irony某種諷刺意味◇There is a certain irony in the situation.這種情形帶有某種諷刺意味。