irony

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  • n.反语；反话；（出乎意料的）奇异可笑之处；有讽刺意味的情况
  • adj.铁的；铁似的；含铁的
  • Web反讽；讽刺之事；讽剌
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irony
n.
1.
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（出乎意料的）奇异可笑之处；有讽刺意味的情况the amusing or strange aspect of a situation that is very different from what you expect; a situation like this
The irony is that when he finally got the job, he discovered he didn't like it.
讽刺的是，当他最终得到那份工作时，他发现自己并不喜欢它。
It was one of life's little ironies.
那是生活中的一个小小的嘲弄。
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反语；反话the use of words that say the opposite of what you really mean, often as a joke and with a tone of voice that shows this
‘England is famous for its food,’ she said with heavy irony .
“英格兰的食物很有名哪。”她极其讽刺地说道。
There was a note of irony in his voice.
他的声音里有一丝挖苦的味道。
She said it without a hint/trace of irony .
她说此话没有一点嘲讽之意。

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These times make it especially necessary to be in touch with the absurdity, the ridiculous, the funniness, and the irony of the everyday.
这些时候使得与日常的荒谬、好笑、滑稽和讽刺相联系特别有必要。
zhè xiē shí hou shǐ de yǔ rì cháng de huāng miù 、 hǎo xiào 、 huá jī hé fěng cì xiāng lián xì tè bié yǒu bì yào 。
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Many student protesters called Mr. Lee authoritarian and the president appeared to have understood the irony.
一些学生反对者称李先生为独裁者这位总统似乎明白讽刺中的含义
yì xiē xué shēng fǎn duì zhě chēng lǐ xiān sheng wèi dú cái zhě zhè wèi zǒng tǒng sì hū míng bái fěng cì zhōng de hán yì
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I sat down on the bench outside the theater door and tried very hard not to think of the irony.
我坐在影厅外的长凳上，极力不去想那讽刺的画面。
wǒ zuò zài yǐng tīng wài de cháng dèng shàng , jí lì bù qù xiǎng nà fěng cì de huà miàn 。
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Furthermore, Shia-led government that the American props up in Baghdad thinks of Iran as its best foreign friend. it's irony of ironies.
而美国人所支持的什叶派，他们最好的外国朋友却是伊朗--美国的死敌，真是讽刺之至。
ér měi guó rén suǒ zhī chí de shí yè pài , tā men zuì hǎo de wài guó péng yǒu què shì yī lǎng -- měi guó de sǐ dí , zhēn shì fěng cì zhī zhì 。
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And yet, as the Kauffman Foundation rolls on, with its vast cash pile, I cannot help chuckling at the irony of all this.
不过，随着拥有重金的考夫曼基金会继续发展，整件事中蕴含的讽刺意味还是让我忍不住发笑。
bú guò , suí zhe yōng yǒu zhòng jīn de kǎo fū màn jī jīn huì jì xù fā zhǎn , zhěng jiàn shì zhōng yùn hán de fěng cì yì wèi hái shì ràng wǒ rěn bu zhù fā xiào 。
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Still, irony has no place in antitrust doctrine.
但是即使有些讽刺意味，在反垄断主义中也是没有用武之地的。
dàn shì jí shǐ yǒu xiē fěng cì yì wèi , zài fǎn lǒng duàn zhǔ yì zhōng yě shì méi yǒu yòng wǔ zhī dì de 。
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What an irony that a developed nation like the US is now a raw material supplier to what was only recently a developing nation.
一个像美国这样的发达国家居然成为仅仅最近还是发展中国家的原材料供应国，这是多么讽刺啊！
yī gè xiàng měi guó zhè yàng de fā dá guó jiā jū rán chéng wéi jǐn jǐn zuì jìn hái shì fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā de yuán cái liào gōng yìng guó , zhè shì duō me fěng cì za !
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Mr. Naimi sees no irony in all this because in Qatari terms, his weight and his choice of a relative as a spouse are the norm, he said.
纳伊米先生并不觉得整件事有讽刺意味，因为据他说，在卡塔尔人看来，他的体重和他对伴侣的选择都是符合社会准则的。
nà yī mǐ xiān sheng bìng bù jué de zhěng jiàn shì yǒu fěng cì yì wèi , yīn wèi jù tā shuō , zài kǎ tǎ ěr rén kàn lái , tā de tǐ zhòng hé tā duì bàn lǚ de xuǎn zé dōu shì fú hé shè huì zhǔn zé de 。
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It would be a nice irony if the best hedge against a collapse of the post-industrial economy turned out to be a return to the agrarian past.
如果事实真的证明回到农耕文明才是对抗后工业经济崩溃的最佳手段时，那真是一个绝妙的讽刺。
rú guǒ shì shí zhēn de zhèng míng huí dào nóng gēng wén míng cái shì duì kàng hòu gōng yè jīng jì bēng kuì de zuì jiā shǒu duàn shí , nà zhēn shì yī gè jué miào de fěng cì 。
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The irony that the roots of the crisis lie in housing markets, where turnover costs are high, is often lost on the tax's proponents.
具有讽刺意味的是，托宾税的支持者往往没有意识到此次金融危机正是始于交易成本较高的房产市场。
jù yǒu fěng cì yì wèi de shì , tuō bīn shuì de zhī chí zhě wǎng wǎng méi yǒu yì shí dào cǐ cì jīn róng wēi jī zhèng shì shǐ yú jiāo yì chéng běn jiào gāo de fáng chǎn shì chǎng 。
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