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. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 感激;欣赏;领会;鉴别;
vi. （使）增值，涨价;
💡 ap一再+preci价值+ate动词后缀→一再给价→欣赏
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem, relish
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. 体验;滋味;味觉;风味;
vt.& vi. 尝，品尝;
vt. 吃;喝;浅尝;
vi. 尝味;略进（饮食）;（少量地）吃;有某种味道;
"In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi."
在一次消费者品尝测验中, 可口可乐与百事可乐交锋了.
近义：relish, sample, savor, savour, try, sapidity
反义：insipidity, insipidness, unpalatableness, vapidity, blandness, jejuneness
n. 反语;讽刺，冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事;[语]反语法;
adj. 铁的;似铁的;含铁的;
💡 铁(iron)丫头(y)：被称为{铁娘子}- 讽刺
"She said to him with slight irony."
她略带嘲讽地对他说.
近义：sarcasm, slyness, derision
n. 笑话，玩笑;笑柄，笑料;
vt.& vi. 开玩笑;戏弄;闹着玩;说着玩;
💡 美人鱼 j和很棒(ok)的鹅(e)开 玩笑
"They all doubled up when I told my joke."
当我讲笑话时,他们都笑得直不起身子来.
近义：jest, kid, banter, rib, tease, chaff
反义：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness