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[C/U] a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect 具有讽刺意味的事;出乎意料的事;啼笑皆非的事 tragic/bitter/cruel irony : By a cruel irony, General Franklin was killed at the very moment of his army's great victory. 真是个残酷的讽刺,富兰克林将军被害时正是他的军队取得伟大胜利之时。
the irony (of something) is that : The irony is that it would have been faster to have taken the back roads after all. 令人啼笑皆非的是,如果走回头路反而会更快。
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