anticlimax

英 [ˌænti'klaɪmæks] 美 [ˌænti'klaɪmæks]

• n. 突降；急转而下；虎头蛇尾

英英释义

Noun:

1. a disappointing decline after a previous rise;

   "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
   

2. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Before the listener knows where he is, the mounting tension is lifted in a pianissimo anticlimax.
   在听众不知不觉之间，紧张气氛在最弱音的突减中被提升了。
2. The anticlimax of a brilliant career is quite disappointing.
   辉煌事业的急转而下很令人失望。
3. It was an anticlimax when they abandoned the game.
   他们放弃比赛,真是扫兴。
4. The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
   尽管计划度假时兴致勃勃，而到头来假日本身却颇为扫兴。

近反义词

【近义词】

• comedown 衰落
• letdown 失望
• disappointment 失望
• damp squib 引不起注意的事...
• deflation 通货紧缩
• bathos 顿降法