英语词汇“ironically”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

When you see the word ironically, you know there's a disconnect between what is happening and what was expected to happen. You won the race, even though, ironically, you're the only one who didn't train.

Ironically and the noun it's related to — irony — come from the Greek eiron meaning "dissembler, someone who hides the truth." But irony isn’t exactly untruthful — it's just not what you expect. Your mother sent you off to camp so you could become a champion tennis player, but, ironically, you broke your leg the first day and spent the summer playing bridge instead. You didn’t get what you (or your mother) expected.

WORD FAMILY

ironical: ironically+/ironist: ironists/irony: ironic, ironical, ironies, ironist

USAGE EXAMPLES

These are systems patterned after the way the human brain works but which, ironically, are almost entirely inscrutable to humans.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

But ironically the effort might be helped by Japanese workers' declining corporate loyalty.

BBC(Dec 30, 2016)

Ironically, the work of those immigrants in this country led to a massive increase in patent filings in their primary fields of science.

Salon(Dec 28, 2016)

1adv in an ironic manner

she began to mimic him ironically

2adv contrary to plan or expectation

ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan

单词	ironically
释义	ironically (once / 1695 pages) adv When you see the word ironically, you know there's a disconnect between what is happening and what was expected to happen. You won the race, even though, ironically, you're the only one who didn't train. Ironically and the noun it's related to — irony — come from the Greek eiron meaning "dissembler, someone who hides the truth." But irony isn’t exactly untruthful — it's just not what you expect. Your mother sent you off to camp so you could become a champion tennis player, but, ironically, you broke your leg the first day and spent the summer playing bridge instead. You didn’t get what you (or your mother) expected. WORD FAMILY ironical: ironically+/ironist: ironists/irony: ironic, ironical, ironies, ironist USAGE EXAMPLES These are systems patterned after the way the human brain works but which, ironically, are almost entirely inscrutable to humans. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) But ironically the effort might be helped by Japanese workers' declining corporate loyalty. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Ironically, the work of those immigrants in this country led to a massive increase in patent filings in their primary fields of science. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) 1adv in an ironic manner she began to mimic him ironically 2adv contrary to plan or expectation ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan
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