irony

'aiәrәni

六级考研托福雅思GRE Collins 2

n. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

n. 反语, 讽刺, 具有讽刺意味的事

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irony 源自希腊语 eironeia，意为“假装”，包含了“ir-"的否定意义与“ony”的词根，表示一种反差或对立的情况。

例句

1. The irony of her situation is that she works at a bakery but can't bake.

她的处境充满讽刺，她在一家面包店工作，却不会烘焙。

2. It was ironic that the fire station burned down.

讽刺的是，消防站竟然烧毁了。

3. He didn't see the irony in his complaint about others being late.

他没有意识到自己抱怨别人迟到的讽刺。