Q: I think all the cynics in here remembered the irony of last year.

Irony is wasted on the stupid.

反讽对愚人没有效果.

I glanced at her and saw no hint of irony on her face.

我瞥了她一眼，没有在她的脸上看到一丝嘲弄。

There was a whole gap in American history where irony went on holidays.

在美国历史上有一个很大的缺口——当我们还没有讽刺的时候.

The irony was that Shawn had not seen her. Nor for that matter had anyone else.

具有讽刺意味的是，肖恩并没有见过她，别人也同样如此。

She said to him with slight irony.

她略带嘲讽地对他说.

Minetta's voice had a meek irony.

米尼塔的口气里略带几分讥刺.

I sensed a touch of irony in his remarks.

我感觉到在他的话里有一些讽刺意味.

The phrase is loaded with irony.

此语满含讽刺意味。

The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent.

具有讽刺意味的是，华盛顿的很多官员都私下里承认他们的政策前后不一致。

Opposition parties lost no time in stressing the irony of his return to power after being rejected by voters in November.

他11月份遭选民否决后又重新上台，反对党马上对这一讽刺性现象大做文章。

It also analyzes the pragmatic functions of irony.

本文还结合实例分析了反语的语用功能.

The irony is that delivering and for twins costs 16 as much as for a singleton.

带有讽刺意味的是,生育和照顾双胞胎的费用是一个孩子的16倍.

And there is no intentional irony in any of this . Not from Kobe's end.

这没有丝毫讽刺的意味在里面,科比的确不是这样想的.

Only Merlin's coming has briefly woken me and there the irony of our exchange.

梅林的到来彻底唤醒了我,这是一次充满了嘲弄的交易.

The other irony is that, broadly speaking, quality is improving ( something that worries the Japanese ).

另一个疑点在于, 广义上看, 质量还是在提高的 ( 日本人为这个事情忧心忡忡 ).

His command of irony and invective was said to be very classic and lethal.

据说他嬉笑怒骂的本领是极其杰出的,令人无法招架的.

The irony of these challenges is that each platform has what the other wants.

这些挑战从反面告诉我们,每种平台都拥有其它平台想要的东西.

She answered pomposity with irony and dominated conversations by her personality and shrewd psychology.

对于虚夸自负她用的是反唇相讥,她以她的人品和机敏的心理来控制同人家谈话的进程.

Is it possible that irony is derived from it?

难道作“讽刺”解释的ironie是从这英文字来的 吗 ?

The irony is that this may actually reduce the security of the network.

具有讽刺意味的是,这种做法可能威胁到网络安全.