ironies

英 [ˈaɪərəniz]

美 [ˈaɪrəniz]

n.  (出乎意料的)奇异可笑之处; 有讽刺意味的情况; 反语; 反话
irony的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 反语;冷嘲
  Ironyis a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean.
  1. They find only irony in the narrator's concern...
     他们发现叙述者只是一味地嘲讽。
  2. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
     辛克莱审视着那张不动声色的精明的脸庞，试图寻找任何冷嘲的迹象,但是却什么都没发现。
• N-VAR 有讽刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之处
  If you talk about theironyof a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
  1. The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent...
     具有讽刺意味的是,华盛顿的很多官员都私下里承认他们的政策前后不一致。
  2. Opposition parties lost no time in stressing the irony of his return to power after being rejected by voters in November.
     他 11 月份遭选民否决后又重新上台，反对党马上对这一讽刺性现象大做文章。

双语例句

• It is one of the saddest ironies of his life that even as they headed for divorce, they had at last begun to understand each other.
  而令人啼笑皆非的是，每次当他们的婚姻濒临破裂之时，他们就又能互相理解了。
• It is also an elaborate web of ironies: both in characters and in events.
  作者还编织了一个反讽的网：对人物的反讽和事件的反讽。
• Zorba's response embodies a supreme appreciation for the richness of life and the inevitability of all its dilemmas, sorrows, tragedies, and ironies.
  Zaoba的反应包含着对生活丰富性以及随之而来的各种两难问题、悲伤、灾难无比的欣赏。
• From the beginning, this crisis was replete with ironies.
  从一开始，这场危机就充满了讽刺意味。
• A Dongfeng victory party in Newport would not, of course, be without its ironies, given the rather more circumspect view taken of Chinese investment in the US compared to Europe.
  当然，假如东风在纽波特开庆功会，将不会不具讽刺意味，因为与欧洲相比而言，美国对中国投资持更为谨慎的态度。
• One of the crueller ironies of George W. Bush's second term is that the president has listened to his critics.
  乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）第二个总统任期的最大讽刺之一是，他听取了批评者的建议。
• Miracles and Ironies: An Interpretation of the "Song of the Sea" in the Bible
  奇迹与讽刺&解读《圣经》中的海之歌
• One of the undoubted ironies is the effect the financial crisis has had on the business school funding model.
  确然无疑的讽刺之一，是金融危机对商学院筹资模式的影响。
• The experiment consists of two parts, each including 20 ironies and 20 literal utterances.
  实验分为两个部分，每个部分都包括20个反语和20个直义句。
• History has many ironies.
  历史有许多具有讽刺意味的事。