This article combines Relevance Theory and Adaptation Theory to form a framework of Relevance-Adaptation to explain irony, which will result in a better understanding and explanation of the phenomenon of irony.

• 采用把关联理论和适应论结合所得到的关联-适应模式来解释反语,可吸取两个理论各自的优点,对反语进行更深层次的理解和解释,从而形成对反语现象完整的认识。