形容詞 ironic:

1. humorously sarcastic or mocking
   同義詞：dry, ironical, wry
2. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
   同義詞：ironical

1. Madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.
   發(fā)瘋，對(duì)這樣一個(gè)思維清晰的人莫過于一種帶有嘲弄意味的命運(yùn)

i.ron.ic

adj.（形容詞）
Characterized by or constituting irony.
用反語(yǔ)的：有反語(yǔ)特征的或構(gòu)成反語(yǔ)的
Given to the use of irony.See Synonyms at sarcastic
反諷的；冷嘲的參見 sarcastic
Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended:
與期望或意圖完全相反的：
例句：
madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.
發(fā)瘋，對(duì)這樣一個(gè)思維清晰的人莫過于一種帶有嘲弄意味的命運(yùn)

【引伸】
iron.ically
adv.（副詞）
iron.icalness
n.（名詞）
The wordsironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply .coincidental. or .improbable,. in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly.Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use ofironically in the sentence
單詞ironic， irony 和 ironically 有時(shí)所修飾的事件和環(huán)境也許就簡(jiǎn)單地描述為.巧合的.或.不可能發(fā)生的.還更好一些， 因?yàn)樗鼈儾⑽磳?duì)人類的虛妄或愚蠢提出什么特別的暗示。因此，用法專題討論小組的百分之七十八的成員反對(duì)將ironically 用在下面這句話中
例句：
In 9'9 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York (
9'9年蘇茜從伊塔卡搬遷到了加利福尼亞并在那兒遇到了她未來的丈夫，而具有嘲弄意味的是，他也是從上紐約州來的(

though some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband,in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us).By contrast,73 percent accepted the sentence
雖然一些成員注意到如果蘇茜搬到加利福尼亞的目的確是為尋找一位丈夫的話，那么這一句的用法還是可以接受的，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)故事可視為代表了這樣一種愚行，認(rèn)為我們能夠知道命運(yùn)為我們保留著什么）。與此形成對(duì)照的是，百分之七十三的成員接受了下面這句話
例句：
Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market,
具有諷刺意味的是，甚至當(dāng)政府正強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)美國(guó)的政策時(shí)，美國(guó)牛仔褲和錄像帶卻是市場(chǎng)的攤位上最搶手的商品，

where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
因?yàn)榇颂幍那昂蟛灰恢驴杀灰暈榇砹巳祟惖姆磸?fù)無常