全新版大学英语单词详解Book2Unit6分析.doc

Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky Text A A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man Can (Para. 2) ironic: adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking *我如此拼命要守住的这个秘密，却被他们这么漫不经心的对待. (=How ironic is it to have something I tried so desperately to keep secret treated so casually.) * It is sadly ironic that in these modern times it still takes weapons to prevent war. CF: sarcastic, satiric ironic 这三个词都是形容词, 都有“讽刺的”之意。 sarcastic 指运用讥讽的、嘲笑的（方法、方式）。例如： Must you always be so sarcastic when I ask you anything? 每当我问你时，你有必要总是这样嘲笑吗？ satiric 指喜好讽刺的、含有讽刺的。例如： Gulliver’s Travels is a satiric book. 《格利弗游记》是一部讽刺小说。 ir