ironic

adj.

用反语的；具有讽刺意味的；冷嘲的；令人啼笑皆非的

1. At the early stage of Requirements Definition, brainstorming assumes a somewhat ironic purpose.
   在需求定义阶段的早期进行头脑风暴在某种程度上呈现出一种说反话的意图。
2. In his early and lightly ironic work, his criticism was restrained.
   在他早期稍含讽刺的作品里，批评口吻也很克制。
3. It would be ironic if, in the process, it is creating its own eventual crisis.
   然而，如果这过程中，中国最终是在制造自己的危机，那将是十分讽刺的。

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Wegner DM (1994) Ironic processes of mental control
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The age of innocence : a novel of ironic nostalgia
The ironic effect of significant results on the credibility of multiple-study articles.
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Attachment-Related Strategies During Thought Suppression: Ironic Rebounds and Vulnerable Self-Representations.