irony 的定义
plural i·ro·nies.
- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- Literature. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
- Socratic irony.
- dramatic irony.
- an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
- the incongruity of this.
- an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
- an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
irony 近义词
sarcasm
更多irony例句
- That raised a particular irony, since Jones himself is arguably the Capitol’s biggest opponent of remote voting.
- It’s no small irony the movement is based on fraudulent data, published by the now disgraced Andrew Wakefield, an English gastroenterologist.
- The grand irony being that they all blame each other for, well, who’s to blame.
- It’s a bitter irony that the e-waste mountains collecting in the world’s poorest places actually contain a fortune.
- The dark irony is that, when people take to the streets to protest racism in policing, some police have used cutting-edge tools with a known racial bias against those assembled.
- It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
- The irony did not escape one local, Laith Hathim, as he stood and watched the newly minted refugees make their way into Mosul.
- The irony has thinned with the economy, perhaps: Who can really afford just to pretend to DIY today?
- The root of the word irony is in the Greek eironeia, “liar.”
- Lacking any sense of irony, Eldridge made campaign-finance reform a signature plank.
- This unreasoning, feminine obstinacy so wrought upon him that he permitted himself a smile and a lapse into irony and banter.
- Today her irony was concealed, but, like a carefully-covered fire, he knew it was burning still.
- Barrington winced a little, for he recognized the irony in the failing voice, but he rose and moved towards the bed.
- As you will see, I was unable to end my letter without a touch of impertinent irony, which proved how much in love I still was.
- Ovid looked a bit doubtful, but Scattergood's voice was so interested, so bland, that any suspicion of irony was allayed.