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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5633 COCA: 4338
ironynoun [ U ]uk/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/ us/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/

irony noun [ U ] OPPOSITE RESULT

C2 a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result具有讽刺意味的情况；出乎意料的情况；令人啼笑皆非的事情

The irony (of it) is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.具讽刺意味的是，新的税收制度反而将使该制度本打算要帮助的人背上沉重负担。

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With inevitable irony, it was Smith who scored the winning goal against his former team.

The final irony of the situation was that Collins himself ordered the assassination.

The irony is that the formula turned out to have been incorrect all along.

He noted the irony that the weapons were now being used against the country that produced them.

The irony is that his mistake will actually improve the team's situation.

irony noun [ U ] TYPE OF SPEECH

C2 the use of words that are the opposite of what you mean, as a way of being funny反语；讽刺

Her voice heavy with irony, Simone said, "We're so pleased you were able to stay so long." (= Her voice made it obvious they were not pleased.)西蒙娜口气里明显带有讽刺地说：“你能呆这么长时间，我们真高兴。”
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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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