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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5633 COCA: 4338
irony
aɪrəni ˈaɪənɪ ˈaɪrənɪ ˈaɪərni ˈaɪrəni
Word forms: plural ironies
1 N-UNCOUNT 反语;冷嘲 Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. 反语;冷嘲

  • They find only irony in the narrator's concern.

    他们发现叙述者只是一味地嘲讽。

  • Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.

    辛克莱审视着那张不动声色的精明的脸庞，试图寻找任何冷嘲的迹象,但是却什么都没发现。

SYN sarcasm, mockery, ridicule, bitterness
2 N-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.

    他 11 月份遭选民否决后又重新上台，反对党马上对这一讽刺性现象大做文章。

SYN paradox, ambiguity, absurdity, incongruity
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ADJ.

bitter irony 1

ultimate irony 1 2

N.

hint of irony, sense of irony, trace of irony 1

irony of a situation 2

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5633 COCA: 4338
irony

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ADJECTIVE | ... OF IRONY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5633 COCA: 4338
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5633 COCA: 4338

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