anticlimax

英 [ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks]

美 [ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks]

n.  扫兴的结局; 扫兴

复数：anticlimaxes　

GRE

BNC.33341 / COCA.30538

牛津词典

noun

• 扫兴的结局；扫兴
  a situation that is disappointing because it happens at the end of sth that was much more exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected
  1. Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa.
     他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。
  2. a sense/feeling of anticlimax
     扫兴感

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （激动人心的事情之后）令人失望的情况，令人扫兴的事件
  You can describe something as ananticlimaxif it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
  1. Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax...
     巴里紧随德克·博加德之后发表了演讲，不出所料，演讲顿时变得索然无味。
  2. It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.
     令人悲哀的是，他的国际职业生涯竟如此惨淡收场。

英英释义

noun

• a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
  Synonym:bathos
• a disappointing decline after a previous rise
  1. the anticlimax of a brilliant career

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