tragic irony

noun

🔊/ˌtrædʒɪk ˈaɪrəni/

[uncountable] (specialist)

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a technique in literature in which a character’s actions or thoughts are known to the reader or audience but not to the other characters in the story悲剧性讽示（故事中某个人物的行为或想法为读者或观众所知却不为故事中其他人物所知的表现手法）