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irony

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i·ron·y /ˈaɪərəni $ ˈaɪrə-/ ●○○ noun (plural ironies)  
1  STRANGEFUNNY[countableC, uncountableU] a situation that is unusual or amusing because something strange happens, or the opposite of what is expected happens or is true 具有讽刺意味[出乎意料，令人啼笑皆非]的情况
 Life is full of little ironies.
生活中充满了小小的讽刺。
tragic/cruel/bitter etc irony
 The tragic irony is that the drug was supposed to save lives.
可悲的讽刺在于，这药本来是用来挽救生命的。
2  ALFUNNY[uncountableU] when you use words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in order to be amusing 反语，反话
trace/hint/touch of irony
 Wagner calls his program ‘the worst talk show in America, ’ without a hint of irony.
瓦格纳不带一丝讽刺，称他的节目是“美国最糟糕的访谈节目”。
heavy irony British EnglishBrE (=a lot of irony) 辛辣的讽刺
 ‘Of course Michael won’t be late; you know how punctual he always is, ’ she said with heavy irony.
“当然，迈克尔不会迟到，你知道他一贯是多么守时。”她用强烈的讽刺口吻说道。
► see thesaurus at language → sarcasm, dramatic irony
Examples from the Corpus
irony• And the bitterest irony of all was that he himself was a victim.• Perhaps the author is being satirical, employing irony, allegory, or ambiguity.• Life is full of ironies, some hilarious, some tragic.• Beneath the cynicism, beneath the irony, however, turmoil.• We thank Flaubert for picking it up; in a sense, the irony wasn't there until he observed it.• It is worth stressing the irony of the applicant's position.• The irony continued throughout its pages.• The irony of it is that he has the persistence to get somewhere.• The irony is that some of the poorest countries have the richest natural resources.• The irony of the situation was obvious -- if I told the truth, nobody would believe me!• Through irony and humor, James dilutes the seriousness of the novel.• The tragic irony is that the drug was supposed to save lives.
The ... irony is that• The irony is that it achieved precisely what Ranieri had hoped: It made home mortgages look more like other bonds.• The irony is that Louis Farrakhan has to teach them to us.• The irony is that our very success seems to breed more extremism in the environmental community and greater detachment from reality.• The irony is that outside the church is a tramp.• The irony is that when parents' relationship suffer, kids know it and feel it.• The irony is that you can create the same look for a tenner down the market.• The horrible irony is that it is in that very surrender that community itself is founded.
heavy irony• The intention is to curb the spread of package-tour baroque and heavy irony.
Origin irony
(1500-1600) Latin ironia, from Greek eironeia, from eiron “person who lies”
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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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