言语讽刺是一种常见而有趣的语言现象。本文从关联理论的角度,以《名利场》作为分析对象,细致剖析了作品中的言语讽刺笔法。本文认为,作品中的言语讽刺不仅能达到所要表达的交流意义,而且还实现了出其不意的幽默效果。同时,关联理论也可以合理的解释众多文学作品中的言语讽刺现象。 Speech satire is a common and interesting language phenomenon. This article, from the perspective of relevance theory, takes “Vanity Fair” as the analysis object and analyzes the satirical writing style in the works carefully. This article argues that the satirical discourse in the works not only achieves the communicative meaning to be expressed, but also realizes the unexpected humorous effect. At the same time, the relevance theory can also reasonably explain the verbal satire in many literary works.