ironic

/aiә'rɔnik/ uk　 词频 #5450

考研英语托福 TOEFL英语专业八级英语专业四级

ironic 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 冷嘲的, 挖苦的, 反话的, 讽刺的, 令人啼笑皆非的, 出乎意料的

英文释义

s. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

ironic 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 ironic 在自然语境里怎么用：

It begins with a recognition of the fundamentally ironic nature of our predicament in the climate emergency.

—— “People in government today obviously don’t care about literature, so the effort to ridicule them in literature can seem pointless or (worse) harmless”

It would be sad — and ironic — if it had only one buyer.

—— The hidden power keeping wages low

China is a more interesting case, and much more ironic as a comparison.

—— The Fake Radicals Stealing Lemons

The result is ironic and tragic in the way of the best history.

—— “Slavery has been such a widespread practice throughout human history that it has rarely needed a particular racial ideology in order to take root”

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