irony

英 ['a?r?n?] 美['a?r?ni]

英英釋義考試真題實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

近義詞sarcasm

n. 諷刺；反語(yǔ)；具有諷刺意味的事
adj. 鐵的；似鐵的

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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?ironies;

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中文詞源

irony 反諷，諷刺

來自拉丁語(yǔ)ironia,來自希臘語(yǔ)eiron,裝糊涂，假裝無知，可能來自eirein,說，言語(yǔ)，詞源同verb,verbal.主要用于古希臘哲學(xué)家蘇格拉底的哲學(xué)思想和辯證手法，蘇格拉底在與人們辯論的時(shí)候，常常先承認(rèn)自己的無知和對(duì)方觀點(diǎn)的正確，然后通過舉例來引起對(duì)方的思考并最終讓對(duì)方承認(rèn)自己的錯(cuò)誤。由于這種假裝無知的辯證手法，引申詞義反諷，諷刺。

irony 鐵的，含鐵的

來自iron,鐵。

英文詞源

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).