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
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  1. N-UNCOUNT 反语;冷嘲
    Irony is 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。
  2. N-VAR 有讽刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之处
    If you talk about the irony of 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。
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双语例句

  1. The article is full of ironies.
    文章充满了反讽意味。
  2. History has many ironies.
    历史有许多具有讽刺意味的事。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. One of the cruelest ironies about climate change is that the ones who will be hurt the most are the most innocent: the worlds poorest and those yet to be born.
    气候变化带来的最残酷的讽刺之一，就是，最受伤害的人恰恰就是最无辜的人世界上那些最穷的人们和那些还没有出生的人。
  6. To paint a masked figure is to project an irony, perhaps several ironies simultaneously.
    描画一个戴着面具的人物就是同时构想一个或者多个反讽。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. It's one of the cruel ironies of aging: if you want to remember your favorite restaurants, the less you should eat at them.
    变老的一个无情的讽刺就是：如果你想记住你最喜欢的饭馆，那么你最好还是少上那里去吃饭。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. Indeed, one of the bigger ironies of the property bubble was that lenders and investors probably thought they were being relatively prudent.
    事实上，房地产泡沫一个更大的讽刺便在于：放贷方和投资者或许都还认为自己比较谨慎。
  13. 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。
  14. It is one of the troubling ironies of his life that he was fundamental in promoting mainstream acceptance of black pop even as his own skin shade grew strangely whiter.
    他的人生中颇具讽刺意味、且令人不安的一件事就是，他是推动主流听众接受黑人流行音乐的中坚力量，而他自己的肤色却诡异地越来越白。
  15. 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
  16. Slur-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices ( Edith Wharton)
    含糊的讽刺，模糊的笑话，偷偷的怨恨（伊迪丝华顿）
  17. 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。
  18. There is no shortage of twists and ironies in the history of these discoveries.
    回顾四十年前开始的历程，不乏曲折和反讽。
  19. 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。
  20. One of the ironies of the Chinese market is that although there is huge demand at the bottom end from migrants to cities, much of the construction is at the top-end, where the margins have tended to be larger.
    中国房地产市场一个颇具反讽意味的现象是，虽然移居到城市的人们有着巨大的底层需求，但住房建设大多面向利润率往往更高的高端需求。
  21. 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。
  22. On Dramatic and Romance Ironies in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》中的戏剧与浪漫反讽
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. The ironies of yesterday do not change today's reality. The results were contrary to expectation.
    但从前这种与预期相反的结果并不能改变今天的现实。
  26. Mr Dyson, who relishes such ironies, observes that the digital ecosystem of the Internet has now assumed biological complexity.
    戴森喜欢这样的讽刺意味，并注意到，互联网的数码生态系统现在已经呈现了生物复杂性。
  27. 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。
  28. The application of these ironies not only improves the characters level of being human, but also make the novel stand out as a classic work.
    如此对反讽大刀阔斧的运用不仅提升了小说中人物的人性化层次，还使整部小说的发展脱离了俗套。
  29. 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。
  30. Lord of the Flies is an elaborate web of ironies.
    《蝇王》是一部精心设计的反讽网。
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