| 单词 | ironic |
| 释义 | ironic (aɪrɒnɪk ) or ironical (aɪrɒnɪkəl ) 1. adjective When you make an ironic remark, you say something that you do not mean, as a joke. At the most solemn moments he will flash a mocking smile or make an ironic remark. People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school, but they were being ironic. Synonyms: sarcastic, dry, sharp, acid 2. adjective If you say that it is ironic that something should happen, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast. I find it ironic that after all the motorbike accidents he has had, he should, in the end, die in his bed. Synonyms: paradoxical, absurd, contradictory, puzzling Collocations: ironic joke Or perhaps that was just a little ironic joke that went over my head. Times, Sunday Times But all this has been infantilely discarded to make some collective, chippy, ironic joke. Times, Sunday Times Fans were undecided whether it was a romantic gesture or an ironic joke. Times, Sunday Times There are several versions of the source of the ironic joke behind the show's title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And he fears ironic jokes delivered by fellow stand-ups are being taken too seriously. The Sun It could also just be like an ironic statement. Times, Sunday Times It can be interpreted as a genuine statement, i.e., perhaps one can learn by resisting school, or as an ironic statement, i.e., that's an absurd idea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Speakers chose to use these ironic statements for a variety of social reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Transport bosses called the comments an 'unfortunate statement in an ironic tone'. The Sun It's not infused with a wry, ironic tone that occasionally raises a smile. Times, Sunday Times Snippets of nursery rhyme melody creep into the vocal line of this punky track, bringing a satisfyingly ironic tone. The Sun Happily, this ironic tone fades as he gets stuck in. Times, Sunday Times Fascination with dual perspectives and alternative viewpoints, accompanied by a pervasively ironic tone, heightens the vitalizing ambivalence. The Times Literary Supplement It would also have an ironic twist, with a state-backed lender buying assets from the government. Times, Sunday Times The central characters fight for the adrenaline rush but the film has an ironic twist apparently lost on some of its audience. Times, Sunday Times At this point — and here's the darkly ironic twist — they had landed on a bunch of laurels on which many fans wanted them to rest. Times, Sunday Times For a theatre with no permanent base, the theme of home in all these inaugural productions had a certain ironic twist. Times, Sunday Times She has not objected to me publishing her story but, a few weeks ago, came an ironic twist. Times, Sunday Times I found it sadly ironic 2015 ... The Sun In a sadly ironic twist, it was the canal that carried the engines for the trains, the tools and the railroad men. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I found it sadly ironic that just six feet away from here there were people lining up to withdraw money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Which would seem to be somewhat ironic, in this wettest washout of a summer since rain was invented. Times, Sunday Times It was somewhat ironic that the crowd was underwhelmed. Times, Sunday Times The name was somewhat ironic as she was always a calming, self-assured presence around the puppets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 讽刺的 Japanese: 皮肉な |
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