Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia,
具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传给澳洲，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 17 A man-made disease
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
ironically
[ai'rɔnikli]
adv. 嘲讽地，挖苦地;具有讽刺意味地;
"Suddenly Wu Sun - fu threw the newspaper aside and laughed ironically."
蓦地吴荪甫撩下了报纸,克勒一声冷笑.
近义：sarcastically, sardonically, wryly
n. 兔子，野兔;兔子皮毛;兔子肉;〈俚〉新手，弱手;
vi. 猎兔（通常作 go rabbiting）;（兔子似的）聚拢在一起;<英俚>唠叨，喋喋不休（常与on about连用）;
vt. 让…见鬼去吧;
💡 中间的两个bb像 兔子的耳朵
"The rabbit population was decimated by the disease."
这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。
近义：coney, cony
n. 讨厌的人或事;有害动植物;瘟疫;
💡 害虫“拍死它” 西文(west)的停车场(p)有 害虫
"That disobedient boy is a pest."
那不听话的男孩令人讨厌.
近义：plague, murrain, pestilence, epidemic, vermin, nuisance
n. [地名][大洋洲]澳大利亚，澳洲;澳元;
💡 Austral南面的+ia表名词 → 澳大利亚
"Her children have gone to Australia, and she missed them very much."
孩子们去了澳大利亚, 她非常惦记他们.
n. 欧洲;欧盟;（除英国以外的）全欧洲;除英国外的欧洲国家;
"Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa."
他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。