• n. 讽刺；反语；具有讽刺意味的事
• adj. 铁的；似铁的

来自拉丁语ironia,来自希腊语eiron,装糊涂，假装无知，可能来自eirein,说，言语，词源同verb,verbal.主要用于古希腊哲学家苏格拉底的哲学思想和辩证手法，苏格拉底在与人们辩论的时候，常常先承认自己的无知和对方观点的正确，然后通过举例来引起对方的思考并最终让对方承认自己的错误。由于这种假装无知的辩证手法，引申词义反讽，讽刺。

来自iron,铁。

irony

irony: [16] Irony has no etymological connection with iron. It comes via Latin īrōnia from Greek eirōneíā, which signified ‘deliberately pretending ignorance, particularly as a rhetorical device to get the better of one’s opponent in argument’. This was a derivative of eírōn ‘dissembler’, which in turn came from the verb eírein ‘say’. This original sense of ‘dissimulation’ survives in the expression Socratic irony, a reference to Socrates’ use of such feigned ignorance as a pedagogical method, but it has been overtaken as the main sense of the word by ‘saying the opposite of what one means’.

irony (n.)

c. 1500, from Latin ironia, from Greek eironeia "dissimulation, assumed ignorance," from eiron "dissembler," perhaps related to eirein "to speak" (see verb). Used in Greek of affected ignorance, especially that of Socrates. For nuances of usage, see humor. Figurative use for "condition opposite to what might be expected; contradictory circumstances" is from 1640s.

irony (adj.)

"of or resembling iron," late 14c., from iron (n.) + -y (2).

1. There is a delicious irony in all this.

这一切中包含了一种绝妙的讽刺。

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2. The phrase is loaded with irony.

此语满含讽刺意味。

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3. She said to him with slight irony.

她略带嘲讽地对他说.

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4. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.

辛克莱审视着那张不动声色的精明的脸庞，试图寻找任何冷嘲的迹象，但是却什么都没发现。

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5. 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。

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