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单词

irony

读音
ˈaɪrəni
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词根

"Irony" 的词根来自古希腊语的 '"eirōneía",意思是 "dissimulation, feigned ignorance",指的是假装不知道的情况。

释义

n. 讽刺;反语;具有讽刺意味的事 adj. 铁的;似铁的 [ 复数 ironies ]

例句

His tone was tinged with irony.
他的语气中微含讽刺。
She spoke with heavy irony.
她的话充满了讽刺。
'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。

强化记忆

你可以通过造句并且设想一些实际情景来记忆"irony"这个单词,比如你可以想象那些生活中让你觉得非常讽刺的场景。"Irony"这个词在欧美文化中常用来描述一些实际情况与预期完全相反的情况,有时可能带有苦笑或者无奈的意味。

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or her grandkids,irony ensues.Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.
but truly means the opposite.Dramatic irony, though,is what we will be looking at right now.
Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.That is irony.So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,
But the problem with gyms is they can be intimidating.It's the ultimate irony.You go to a gym to get in shape, but if you're out of shape,
"No, we won't fund that."And here's the irony.Many poor countries are already far ahead of the West
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