IronyIronyisafigureofspeechthatachievesemphasisbysayingtheoppositeofwhatismeant,theintendedmeaningofthewordsbeingtheoppositeoftheirusualsense.(1995:213)’smeaningbyusinglanguagethatnormallysignifiestheopposite,:,thesecondcaseisontheform—,IronycanbedividedintofourcategoriesonthebasisofGenre:1. VerbalIrony(语言倒反)2. StylisticIrony(风格倒反)3. DramaticIrony(戏剧倒反)4. SituationalIrony(情景倒反)1. VerbalIronyWhatanobleillustrationofthetenderlawofhisfavoredcountry!—theyletthepaupersgotosleep!(Dickens)这是证明他那可爱的国家的仁慈法律的一个多么漂亮的例证!—他们允许穷人睡觉!.(:TheLibidofortheUgly)很难想象人们仅仅出于无知会搞出这些可怕的杰作。(masterpiecesheremeanstheopposite—theextremelyuglybuilding),itisthesettingofmanagainstmanandcreeduntilwearemarchingbackwardstothegloriousageofthesixteenthcenturywhenbigotslightedfaggotstoburnthemenwhodaredtobringanyintelligenceandenlightenmentandculturetothehumanmind.(JohnScopes:theTrialThatRockedtheWorld)(ZhanghanxiAdvancedEnglish)用不了多久,就会出现人与人,宗教与宗教之间的相互争斗,直到我们退回到16世纪那个辉煌的年代,那时偏执的教徒们点燃柴堆活活烧死那些敢于给人类带来智慧、启迪和文明的人。(gloriousheremeanstheopposite—dark)BackgroundInformationEightyyearsago,inJuly1925,themixtureofreligion,scienceandthepublicschoolscaughtfireinDayton,--or"MonkeyTrial,"asitwascalled--,butthequestionsitraisedareasdivisivenowastheywerebackthen.
修辞：Irony 来自淘豆网m.daumloan.com转载请标明出处.
