知识扩展
易混词辨析
ironically、sarcastically
1.ironically(副词):“讽刺地;反讽地”(侧重 “情况与预期相反,如 “Ironically, he failed the easy test” 讽刺的是,他没通过简单的考试、“ironically, the solution was simple” 反讽的是,解决方案很简单);
2. sarcastically(副词):“讽刺地;挖苦地”(侧重 “言语上的挖苦,如 “he said sarcastically” 他挖苦地说、“sarcastically comment” 讽刺的评论),无 “情况反讽” 义; - 注意:ironically 描述 “情境反讽”,sarcastically 描述 “言语挖苦”,不可混淆。