英文修辞(反讽 Irony)举例

1)Like all the other officers at Group Headquarters except Major Danby, Colonel Cathcart was infused with the democratic spirit: he believed that all men were created equal, and he therefore spurned all men outside Group Headquarters with equal fervour.
(Joseph HEller:Catch-22)
(This passage implies that Colonel Cathcart was not democratic at all:his democratic spirit extended only to his own group;all others he treated with scorn and highhandedness.i)这是英语修辞书上的,来自小说
2)Owen behaves so well in his life. He has never done anything bad except for the fact that he once helped his handicapped sisiter.(Irony: behaves so well ;never done anything bad )
3)Yes,she is so beautiful that even the pockmarks on her face are shining brightly.What is ugly about her is the countless wealth.(Irony:beautiful,ugly)
4)We are lucky.It's the other side on the thirteenth of December.That makes us feel real good.(Irony:lucky;feel real good)(出处: G.I.Diary）
5）"Generally speaking,"said Miss Murdstone,"I don't like boys. How d'ye do, boy?"
Under these encouraging circumstances, I replied that I was very well, and that I hoped she was the same; with such an indifferent grace, that Miss Murdstone disposed of me in two words: "Wants manner!"
( Irony:encouraging. 出处; David Copperfield)