[U]反語,冷嘲 use of words which are clear opposite to one's meaning
[U][C]具有諷刺意味的事,嘲弄 a course of events or a condition which has the opposite result from what is expected
英英釋義
Noun:
witty language used to convey insults or scorn;
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"
"irony is wasted on the stupid"
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs;
"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
irony的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The good point is that the irony fully reflected. 好的地方是反諷完全出來了。
Irony was widely used in the works of Kafka and LuXun. 卡夫卡和魯迅的小說中都廣泛應用了反諷的藝術手法。
The great irony is that despite all his explanation nobody believed him. 最具諷刺意味的是:儘管他竭力解釋,可沒一個人相信他。
After Peanuts left,I could not help thinking about this irony. 落花生去后,我總是不住的這樣想這件諷刺的事。