最近教公司的一个美女普通话。 9 e9 b; w. C6 ?今天,我教她“美女”.0 n3 [! j3 ?, G) O0 e+ d! d
她问是什么意思 1 f5 o& Q' J e# M我接着说“美女means "beauty". you are 美女" % k9 p0 |4 I( F9 C她说:“is it kind of sarcastic."; _" y- |9 `# @5 O2 n
我说:"what does it mean?": Y. u' i& l! {
她说:“someone say you are smart but it doesn't mean you are really smart.") k( x4 d& M4 Z$ q, ~( x8 [
我说:“OIC,you are 美女。i mean that."
几年前看电影you 've got a mail 学了个词ironic 4 s' h" y+ t. _( y5 A ) p* \$ i. s3 W2 r$ b8 l* y这个词sarcastic 和ironic 用法上有什么区别。$ _( O6 h/ M5 {1 c7 g
白水 发表于 2010-1-29 17:02
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我在博客上帖了我们一大早赶飞机的照片,孩子们累得睁不还眼,我下面写的评注是: it's hard to tell that we were tired isn't it?5 v _: y) o1 N# o5 ~2 K
there, I was being ironic5 }4 L/ z4 G$ \
ironic 还可以形容一个situation, 比如:al gore is portrayed as a front line fighter for environmental issues, ironically he owns one of the most gas consuming cars in the world. (好容易让我编出这么个例句来!); K) X7 s1 ?% y& t) R
sarcastic 有更多感情色彩,有主观上的一种伤害,攻击的意愿,是坏的intention ' w* z5 b' o+ u% w& }% P+ k - X' F# Z0 B9 ]/ V% X还拿如花的例子说,这个情景对话两个词都能用到: ) [$ D" ?. \2 d如花: hi 美女 ' {+ p" m5 Y7 A* z. U6 y, m美女: are you being sarcastic? & ?4 P/ A; L- w如花: i swear, i mean it, you are one of the most beautiful girls i‘ve even seen! - Y' b7 @- F/ a& I' {3 A) L美女: thanks! ironically i was just told by my brother:if you are not pretty,better be polite。
sarcastic 在《新概念英语》第二册92课就有。 6 K' q8 |8 k2 t- |I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.'