ADJECTIVE | ... OF IRONY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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。
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