英语词汇“irony”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1n 2n

Reserve irony for situations where there's a gap between reality and expectations, especially when such a gap is created for dramatic or humorous effect.

In Greek, eiron meant a dissembler — someone who hides their true intentions. Today, we do something very similar when we employ irony, often by saying the opposite of what we really mean. The word can also refer to a situation that turns out to be amusingly different from what we expected: "I thought he had stolen the Fig Newtons, but the irony was that he thought the same thing of me." Note that this is more than just an improbable coincidence!

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

irony / satire / sarcasm

Irony, satire, and sarcasm all fall into the category of, "That's funny but I'm not sure what my English teacher wants me to call it."

Irony describes situations that are strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. Note the "opposite" here. If an expectation is black, then an ironic outcome would be white, not off-white or gray. Here are some clear examples.

Bill Hillmann, the author of multiple books about how to not get gored by bulls was the only non-Spaniard to get gored in the 2014 running of the bulls in Pamplona. (Cracked Magazine July 2015)

The Business Software Alliance is an an anti-piracy agency that used to pay people to report unlicensed content on the internet. The group has been caught using a "stolen" photo in one of their ads to attract new snitches on Facebook. (Cracked Magazine July 2015)

Satire means making fun of people by imitating them in ways that expose their stupidity or flaws.

In 2000, Saturday Night Live's satire of what happened in the [presidential] campaign became the conventional wisdom for what was going on in the campaign. (The Observer)

The late-night talk and news satire is scheduled to return with new episodes in February. (Los Angeles Times)

As with satire, sarcasm depends on the listener or reader to be in on the joke. Sarcasm is insincere speech. Your mom asks if you're excited to start cleaning the kitchen and you say, "Yeah, right," when you mean "Heck no." Take this exchange from The Hunger Games.

"What about you? I've seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour," I snap at him.
"Yes and I'm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people."

To distinguish irony from satire and sarcasm, remember that irony pertains to situations while satire and sarcasm are forms of expression. People make satire and sarcasm happen. Irony is just there.

WORD FAMILY

irony: ironic, ironical, ironies, ironist+/ironical: ironically/ironist: ironists

USAGE EXAMPLES

But Ms. Faludi mines her material less for easy ironies than for insights into the very meaning of identity.

New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)

He literally can’t tell the difference between irony and idiocy.

Salon(Dec 31, 2016)

This would be the greatest of ironies: the WWE showman teaches us to grow up.

Salon(Dec 29, 2016)

1n incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated

Hypo|Hyper

Socratic irony

admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning

incongruity, incongruousness

the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

2n a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

Hypo|Hyper

dramatic irony

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

figure, figure of speech, image, trope

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

n witty language used to convey insults or scorn

irony is wasted on the stupid

Syn|Hyper

caustic remark, sarcasm, satire

humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

单词	irony
释义	irony (once / 334 pages) 1n 2n Reserve irony for situations where there's a gap between reality and expectations, especially when such a gap is created for dramatic or humorous effect. In Greek, eiron meant a dissembler — someone who hides their true intentions. Today, we do something very similar when we employ irony, often by saying the opposite of what we really mean. The word can also refer to a situation that turns out to be amusingly different from what we expected: "I thought he had stolen the Fig Newtons, but the irony was that he thought the same thing of me." Note that this is more than just an improbable coincidence! CHOOSE YOUR WORDS irony / satire / sarcasm Irony, satire, and sarcasm all fall into the category of, "That's funny but I'm not sure what my English teacher wants me to call it." Irony describes situations that are strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. Note the "opposite" here. If an expectation is black, then an ironic outcome would be white, not off-white or gray. Here are some clear examples. Bill Hillmann, the author of multiple books about how to not get gored by bulls was the only non-Spaniard to get gored in the 2014 running of the bulls in Pamplona. (Cracked Magazine July 2015) The Business Software Alliance is an an anti-piracy agency that used to pay people to report unlicensed content on the internet. The group has been caught using a "stolen" photo in one of their ads to attract new snitches on Facebook. (Cracked Magazine July 2015) Satire means making fun of people by imitating them in ways that expose their stupidity or flaws. In 2000, Saturday Night Live's satire of what happened in the [presidential] campaign became the conventional wisdom for what was going on in the campaign. (The Observer) The late-night talk and news satire is scheduled to return with new episodes in February. (Los Angeles Times) As with satire, sarcasm depends on the listener or reader to be in on the joke. Sarcasm is insincere speech. Your mom asks if you're excited to start cleaning the kitchen and you say, "Yeah, right," when you mean "Heck no." Take this exchange from The Hunger Games. "What about you? I've seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour," I snap at him. "Yes and I'm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people." To distinguish irony from satire and sarcasm, remember that irony pertains to situations while satire and sarcasm are forms of expression. People make satire and sarcasm happen. Irony is just there. WORD FAMILY irony: ironic, ironical, ironies, ironist+/ironical: ironically/ironist: ironists USAGE EXAMPLES But Ms. Faludi mines her material less for easy ironies than for insights into the very meaning of identity. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) He literally can’t tell the difference between irony and idiocy. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) This would be the greatest of ironies: the WWE showman teaches us to grow up. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated Hypo\|Hyper Socratic irony admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning incongruity, incongruousness the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate 2n a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs Hypo\|Hyper dramatic irony (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play figure, figure of speech, image, trope language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense 2 n witty language used to convey insults or scorn irony is wasted on the stupid Syn\|Hyper caustic remark, sarcasm, satire humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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