ironic effect

常见例句

Scientists say the messages have an 'ironic effect' on smokers that increases their craving for tobacco.
科学家说，它们会对吸烟者产生相反的效果，增强烟民对香烟的渴望。
This may be nonsense; but by preventing the discussion and hence refutation of such royal rumours, Thailand’s harsh, much-abused lèse-majesté law has the ironic effect of helping them spread.
这可能是无稽之谈，但是具有讽刺意味的是，由于严酷且遭滥用的泰国lèse-majesté 法令禁止此类讨论从而防止这些皇家谣言被揭穿，这些谣言反而越传越广。
Ironic effect of self-control refers to paradoxical or counter-intentional mental state effects arising during efforts at self control under high pressure.
自我控制的逆效应是指在高压力下，在进行努力地自我控制的过程中产了与意愿相反的心理状态的现象。
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The power outage may have had the ironic effect of keeping viewers glued to their TVs, amazed at seeing the biggest TV event of the year momentarily shut down.
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This effect has been all the more ironic insofar as, according to press accounts, the classified information the FBI thinks was improperly purveyed to Israel involved documents shedding light on America's evolving policy towards the Iranian mullahocracy.
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It would be ironic indeed if a law intended to ban dissent had the effect of offering it unprecedented legal protection, but then history is full of such ironies.
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