irony

Firstly,Unofficial History of the Scholars is the positive articles that make their moral character for "the academic circles";Secondly,it is a "satirical book" that "correct custom" for the "common people".

《儒林外史》首先是一部为"儒林"立品的正面文章,其次才是为"世人"矫俗的"讽刺之书"。

He was always passing sarcastic remarks.

他老爱说些讽刺话。

A precious friend you have been.

〔讽刺话〕你真是个宝贝朋友。

This sarcasm knocked the speaker's argument info a cocked hat.

这种讽刺话把讲话人的论点驳得体无完肤。

a backhanded compliment

带有讽刺意味的赞美话

His remark has a fine edge of cynicism.

他的话带着强烈的讽刺。

He always spoke with a trace of sarcasm.

他说话总带着一丝讽刺。

That last remark was a hit at me.

最後的话是对我的讽刺.

His remarks were tinged with irony.

他的话里带有讽刺意味。

a sarcastic person, tone, remark

好讥讽的人、 讽刺的语调、 挖苦的话.

A flippant, typically sardonic remark or retort.

妙语俏皮话，妙语，尤指讽刺的话或反驳

black humor; a grim joke; grim laughter; fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit.

黑色幽默；讽刺性的笑话；粗鲁的滑稽闹剧和刻薄的讽刺带来的欢乐。

There was mockery in everything he said.

他的每一句话里都含有讽刺。

Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion. = She quenched his passion with sarcastic remarks.

她讽刺的话冷却了他的热情。

Her sarcastic remarks hurt the boy badly.

她讥讽的话严重地刺伤了那个男孩。

I sensed a touch of irony in his remarks.

我感觉到在他的话里有一些讽刺意味。

I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.

我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。

To ridicule or satirize in or as if in a lampoon.

嘲讽用讽刺作品或好象用讽刺作品嘲弄或讽刺

slur - footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices(Edith Wharton)

含糊的讽刺，模糊的笑话，偷偷的怨恨(伊迪丝 华顿)