Irony

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • n. 反话; 出人意料的事情或情况
  • [英] n. 反话;出人意料的事情或情况 ( the opposite of what is expected)

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noun (plural -nies)

  • Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler
  • Date: 1502
  • 1. a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning — called also Socratic irony
  • 2.
    • a. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
    • b. a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
    • c. an ironic expression or utterance
  • 3.
    • a.
      • (1) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
      • (2) an event or result marked by such incongruity
    • b. incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play — called also dramatic irony, tragic irony
  • Synonyms: see wit


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