名词反语; 讽刺，冷嘲; 具有讽刺意味的事; [语]反语法
形容词铁的; 似铁的; 含铁的
名词
1.
1. In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.
从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
1. 反话：比如人们在说反话(irony)、进行讽刺(sarcasm)、有意回避(opt out)问题是为了不使对方太尴尬同时又想把自己的思想情绪表达出来而采取比较策略的谈话方式.
1. 反语;冷嘲
Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean.
irony的翻译
e.g. They find only irony in the narrator's concern...
他们发现叙述者只是一味地嘲讽。
e.g. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
辛克莱审视着那张不动声色的精明的脸庞，试图寻找任何冷嘲的迹象,但是却什么都没发现。
2. 有讽刺意味的情形;令人啼笑皆非之处
If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
e.g. The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent...
具有讽刺意味的是,华盛顿的很多官员都私下里承认他们的政策前后不一致。
e.g. Opposition parties lost no time in stressing the irony of his return to power after being rejected by voters in November.
他 11 月份遭选民否决后又重新上台，反对党马上对这一讽刺性现象大做文章。