Irony, put simply, is a gap between words and their meaning, a space across which speaker and listener exchange a knowing wink.

简单的说，反语是词面与语义之间的隔阂，这个空间在讲者与听众之间可形成一种只可意会不可言传的交流。

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It also managed to narrow the gap between the official exchange rate and the price of the dollar in the free market.

它也设法缩小官方汇率与自由市场的美元价格之间的差距。

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Background and Objective: the gap junction plays an important role in the exchange of nutrients, ions, and regulatory molecules between cells.

背景与目的：间隙连接在细胞间的营养物质、离子和细胞调节因子的交换中起重要作用。

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The gap between the official exchange rate and the rate in the swap market has widened to nearly 20%.

ECONOMIST: Rootling around for cash

But consumer prices often remain tame, because rising exchange rates and imports fill the gap between expanding domestic demand and supply.

ECONOMIST: Emerging markets

It also managed to narrow the gap between the official exchange rate and the price of the dollar in the free market.

ECONOMIST: Venezuela's economy