ironic的意思|ironic的解释-里氏词典

ironic [aɪ'rɑnɪk]

a. 冷嘲的, 挖苦的, 反话的, 讽刺的, 令人啼笑皆非的, 出乎意料的

ironic

[ adj ]

humorously sarcastic or mocking

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dry humor

an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely

an ironic novel

an ironical smile

with a wry Scottish wit

characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

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madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker

it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely

Ironic \I*ron"ic\, a.
Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert.

It is ironic that Argentina, which generally hasn't followed policies as consistent and strict as those of Mexico, considers itself a candidate for a bigger discount than Mexico.
"The ironic thing is now they're going to work on him around the clock so he can regain consciousness so we can execute him," Peruto said.
"It is ironic and disturbing that an organization devoted to protecting the public's interest paid so little attention to illegal discriminatory activities within its own ranks," Kemp said.
It is ironic that the country most loath to impose capital controls is now in the position of having to persuade its allies to refrain from indiscriminately funding the Soviet Union.
Oghina said authorities want to keep the institute going and give it the ironic "new title of the Free Academy of Stefan Gheorghiu."
Mr. Wolfenson concedes it's ironic that Miller's parent is cigarette giant Philip Morris Cos.
It was an ironic comment from Texaco's former trial lawyer who, in 1985, spent months disparaging Pennzoil's contention that it had a contract to buy Getty Oil Co. even though the detailed paper work never was completed.
Compared with your self-wringing variety, real sufferers do not make eloquent speeches about the ironic relevance of their personal misery to larger questions of social policy (if they're black) or the meaning of existence (if they're white).
Perhaps it is the ironic awareness of rootlessness in the title and the sly jokes about a planet colonised by the transport industry.
Thanks for making a special stop to drop us off in Washington." It is indeed ironic that Senator Kerry, who has held significant hearings into the BCCI affair, should have been involved with David Paul, because Mr. Paul is himself involved with BCCI.
It's ironic that the greater part of Ms. Dunham's work has its source in the authentic ethnic dances and rituals she discovered during the 1930s on anthropological field trips.
It is ironic that Voplex's Mr. Bauer lives in a Detroit suburb called Rochester.
This rather ironic development goes relatively unnoticed and unremarked upon by the U.S. government, which has other concerns.
The convincing performance is also an ironic one: It offers evidence that Jackson, rather than fading, is a talent still on the rise.
This tradition has sustained us and made us leaders throughout the world," Leland said in a statement Thursday. "How ironic it would be to deny assistance to our own neighbors in the Western Hemisphere.
That's why blacks were brought to America from Africa, as a labor system. Which is ironic.
That is ironic, because Nato's strongest argument throughout this bewildering process has been that we should hold on to and make use of existing institutions, rather than invent airy-fairy new ones which would only spawn new bureaucracies.
Throughout, Mr. Rothchild has a flair for the ironic: "Mr.
But Air France is at last approaching its moment of truth, however unwillingly. It is ironic that the airlines should be among the last to accept open borders.
Both structures, he says, have been collapsing for the last 20 years. Dr Manis is a witty man who loves an ironic phrase, the more extravagant the better.
It was an ironic echo of Eisenhower's own promise, in 1952, that if elected, he would go to Korea.
Judith Wiers, director of the Hull Lifesaving Museum, said it's ironic that a town with Hull's history would have to cut its lifeguards.
It is ironic that Paul A. Gigot decided to spotlight Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, perhaps Congress's most literate member, in his column excoriating the congressional frank (Potomac Watch, Sept. 15).
It may seem ironic that President Bill Clinton has taken the lead in proposing an international 'jobs summit' this autumn.
It is a cultural shift some company insiders view as ironic: Kraft managers, who were considered quicker and more focused on cost-cutting, initially prevailed after the merger.
"With all the Irish names and the festivities and the shamrocks and shillelaghs, I find it ironic that Irish people are living in the shadows here like fugitives," John Dillon, a spokesman for the Irish Immigration Reform Movement, said Thursday.
It is an ironic turnabout for the man who until Sunday was watched over by prison guards.
It is ironic because Bethlehem Steel was one of the first companies in which traditional working practices were developed 80 years ago.
Kaufman's Robin Hood screenplays become the ironic counterpoint to his predicament, while flashbacks cleverly juxtapose the glamour and sunshine of Hollywood with rainy Britain, its postwar austerity and the early days of its commercial television.
It is ironic that the commercial nuclear-power industry should suddenly show signs of turning on the NRC, which anti-nuclear activists have long accused of being too pro-nuclear.

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