ironic
ironic 英 [aɪˈrɒnɪk] 美 [aɪˈrɑnɪk]
adj. 讽刺的；反话的
an ironic comment 讥讽的话
It's ironic thatshe became a teacher—she used to hate school. 令人啼笑皆非的是她成了教师 — 她过去一向厌恶学校。
- If something is ironic it's unexpected, often in an amusing way. If you're the world chess champion, it would be pretty ironic if you lost a match to someone who just learned to play yesterday.
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- adj. 讽刺的；反话的
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1. an ironic comment
讥讽的话
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2. It's ironic thatshe became a teacher—she used to hate school.
令人啼笑皆非的是她成了教师 — 她过去一向厌恶学校。
- ironic (adj.) 1620s, "pertaining to irony," from Late Latin ironicus, from Greek eironikos "dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance," from eironeia (see irony). Related: Ironical (1570s); ironically.
iron·ic / aɪˈrɒnɪk ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪk / ( also less frequent iron·ic·al / aɪˈrɒnɪkl ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪkl / ) adjective 1 showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing irony 反语的；讽刺的 ◆ an ironic comment 讥讽的话 2 (of a situation 情形 ) strange or amusing because it is very different from what you expect （因出乎意料而）奇怪的，好笑的 ◆ It's ironic thatshe became a teacher—she used to hate school. 令人啼笑皆非的是她成了教师 — 她过去一向厌恶学校。 ☞see also irony ▶ iron·ic·al·ly / aɪˈrɒnɪkli ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪkli / adverb ◆ Ironically, the book she felt was her worst sold more copies than any of her others. 具有讽刺意味的是，那本书她觉得最糟糕，却比她的其他任何一本书卖得都好。 ◆ He smiled ironically. 他讥讽地微微一笑。 iron·ic / aɪˈrɒnɪk ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪk / iron·ic·al / aɪˈrɒnɪkl ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪkl / iron·ic·al·ly / aɪˈrɒnɪkli ; NAmE aɪˈrɑːnɪkli /
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