Irony is a common linguistic phenomenon in verbal communication. 反语是言语交际中一种常见的语言现象。
In linguistic intercommunication, the hearer usually fails to understand the speaker's implication beyond the literal meaning of the words. 摘要在言语交际中，发话者有时候将自己的真实意图隐含在字面意义里，以言外之意的方式表达出来，而受话者常常又不能准确理解言外之意。
