名詞反語; 諷刺，冷嘲; 具有諷刺意味的事; [語]反語法
形容詞鐵的; 似鐵的; 含鐵的
名詞
1.
1. In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.
從她的聲音里我們可以感到某種譏諷的意味。
1. 反話：比如人們在說反話(irony)、進(jìn)行諷刺(sarcasm)、有意回避(opt out)問題是為了不使對方太尷尬同時(shí)又想把自己的思想情緒表達(dá)出來而采取比較策略的談話方式.
1. 反語;冷嘲
Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean.
irony的翻譯
e.g. They find only irony in the narrator's concern...
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)敘述者只是一味地嘲諷。
e.g. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
辛克萊審視著那張不動聲色的精明的臉龐，試圖尋找任何冷嘲的跡象,但是卻什么都沒發(fā)現(xiàn)。
2. 有諷刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之處
If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
e.g. The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent...
具有諷刺意味的是,華盛頓的很多官員都私下里承認(rèn)他們的政策前后不一致。
e.g. Opposition parties lost no time in stressing the irony of his return to power after being rejected by voters in November.
他 11 月份遭選民否決后又重新上臺，反對黨馬上對這一諷刺性現(xiàn)象大做文章。