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i.rony WRONG RESULTH5aIE7rE7ni, $5aI-n [U]a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result具有讽刺意味的事,出乎意料的事情The irony (of it) is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.具有讽刺意味的是新的税收制度将加重它旨在帮助的人的负担。The boy who fell in the river survived but the man who jumped in to save him drowned--a tragic irony.掉到河里的男孩活下来了,但跳到河里救他的人却淹死了----一件悲惨的出乎意料的事情。
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