歧义通常产生于语言、语义、句法等层面，其一语双关的特有功能常被灵活使用以达到讽刺、幽默等效果。
The speech sounds, the connotation of words and the grammar can all lead to equivocal sentences. The pun upon a word or a sentence is often used to achieve the effects of humor, satire, etc.
他提到“恶毒诽谤”一词，这可能和某个参议员的名字一语双关。
He spoke of a hatchet job, which may be a pun on some senator's name.
正如一名外交官一语双关地指出的那样，一大批宿命论者认为俄罗斯“使我们处于困境”。
A larger group of fatalists who think that Russia "has us over a barrel", as one diplomat punningly puts it.
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