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Ironic 5511.Ironic 英 Aɪ'Rɒnɪk]美 Aɪ'Rɑnɪk 释义 Adj 讽刺的;反话的

正面 5511.ironic
英 [aɪ'rɒnɪk]美 [aɪ'rɑnɪk]

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释义:
adj. 讽刺的;反话的
例句:
1. It's ironic that she became a teacher—she used to hate school.令人啼笑皆非的是她成了教师—她过去一向厌恶上学。

1. 希腊根词 trope "turn" (转向,转动) => trophy.2. 同源词:trophy, trope, tropic, tropics.
ironic 讽刺的来自irony,讽刺。
ironic (adj.)1620s, from Late Latin ironicus, from Greek eironikos "dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance," from eironeia (see irony). Related: Ironical (1570s); ironically."

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