A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
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n. 感覺(jué)，官能;意識(shí)，觀念;理性;識(shí)別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領(lǐng)會(huì);檢測(cè)出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺(jué)；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒(méi)有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 感激;欣賞;領(lǐng)會(huì);鑒別;
vi. （使）增值，漲價(jià);
?? ap一再+preci價(jià)值+ate動(dòng)詞后綴→一再給價(jià)→欣賞
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻譯作品不能真正欣賞到外國(guó)文學(xué)原著的美妙之處。
近義：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem, relish
反義：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. 體驗(yàn);滋味;味覺(jué);風(fēng)味;
vt.& vi. 嘗，品嘗;
vt. 吃;喝;淺嘗;
vi. 嘗味;略進(jìn)（飲食）;（少量地）吃;有某種味道;
"In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi."
在一次消費(fèi)者品嘗測(cè)驗(yàn)中, 可口可樂(lè)與百事可樂(lè)交鋒了.
近義：relish, sample, savor, savour, try, sapidity
反義：insipidity, insipidness, unpalatableness, vapidity, blandness, jejuneness
n. 反語(yǔ);諷刺，冷嘲;具有諷刺意味的事;[語(yǔ)]反語(yǔ)法;
adj. 鐵的;似鐵的;含鐵的;
?? 鐵(iron)丫頭(y)：被稱為{鐵娘子}- 諷刺
"She said to him with slight irony."
她略帶嘲諷地對(duì)他說(shuō).
近義：sarcasm, slyness, derision
n. 笑話，玩笑;笑柄，笑料;
vt.& vi. 開(kāi)玩笑;戲弄;鬧著玩;說(shuō)著玩;
?? 美人魚(yú) j和很棒(ok)的鵝(e)開(kāi) 玩笑
"They all doubled up when I told my joke."
當(dāng)我講笑話時(shí),他們都笑得直不起身子來(lái).
近義：jest, kid, banter, rib, tease, chaff
反義：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness