irony
单词辨析：
指以口头或书面的方式说出的与实际意思相反的话语，表示对他人尖刻的挖苦、蔑视或恼怒。
'Good of you to arrive on time,' Jim said, with heavy sarcasm.
“你到得真准时呀。”吉姆说道，话语里带着强烈的讽刺。
He always spoke with a trace of sarcasm.
他说话总是带着一丝挖苦的味道。
主要指表面的话语和实际的意思相反，常具有幽默或逗乐的作用。
She spoke to him with irony in her voice.
她语气嘲讽地对他说话。
Her writing contains a hint of irony.
她的作品带有一丝嘲讽意味。
多指以幽默方式对势利、愚蠢、罪恶等世态所作的嘲讽。
Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.
讽刺往往是一种对不公正进行抗议的形式。
His works are characterized by humour and biting satire.
他的作品以幽默和尖锐的讽刺为特色。
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Metaphor and irony juxtapose meanings: harmonious, contrasting, or conflicting.
隐喻和讽刺能够并列两种意涵：和谐、对比或冲突。
This, it seems to me, is the final irony.
在我看来，这正是一种终极的讽刺。
The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense ( especially in irony).
一个词在一个句子里的意义和它的正常意义相反（特别是在反语里）。
It indicates how the effects of suspense, eeriness and horror is established perfectly through the use of irony.
讨论了作为新批评文论中的结构原则的反讽如何使《鄂》中的悬疑、怪诞、恐怖效果达到极致。
Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony
凯恩向来是个擅长讽刺的演员。
They find only irony in the narrator's concern
他们发现叙述者只是一味地嘲讽。