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| 1 | U a form of humour in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean 反语；反话；讥讽 |
| ‘You’ ve been so kind,’ she said, her voice heavy with irony. “你真是太好了，”她说，声音里透着强烈的讥讽。 |
| a touch/trace/hint of irony His writing contains a cheerful touch of irony. 他的作品带有一丝令人愉快的嘲讽意味。 |
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| 2 | C/U a strange , funny , or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect 具有讽刺意味的事；出乎意料的事；啼笑皆非的事 |
| tragic/bitter/cruel irony By a cruel irony, General Franklin was killed at the very moment of his army’ s great victory. 真是个残酷的讽刺，富兰克林将军被害时正是他的军队取得伟大胜利之时。 |
| the irony (of sth) is that The irony is that it would have been faster to have taken the back roads after all. 令人啼笑皆非的是，如果走回头路反而会更快。 |
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