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 perhaps one of the great ironies and hypocrisies of our age; and a source of popular disgust that chief executives would now ignore at their peril.
  这或许是我们这个时代的巨大讽刺和伪善之一；同时也是一个让公众普遍憎恶的源头，如果首席执行官们现在还对此置之不理的话，那他们就该倒霉了。
• As with many bilateral conflicts between the US and China, perverse ironies abound.
  与美中之间的许多双边冲突一样，冷嘲热讽纷纷而至。
• 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
• Libyans have had a long time to grow used to such ironies, but their credulity has lately been stretched anew.
  利比亚人民早就对这种荒唐事见怪不怪，但是他们轻信的毛病最近又重新抬头。
• He inherited a fortune but died a month later; one of life's little ironies.
  他继承一笔遗产后一个月就死了，有点时乖命蹇吧。
• 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。
• When Gene Kelly died last week at83, he left us to contemplate certain ironies.
  上周83岁的金。凯利去世时，留给我们深思某些讽刺。
• 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。
• It is perhaps one of the peculiar ironies of our modern digital age& our desire to find anti-digital backlashes.
  这或许是我们所处的现代数字化时代的一个特有讽刺&我们渴望找到反数字化的反抗手段。