anticlimax

英[ˌænti'klaɪmæks] 美[ˌænti'klaɪmæks]
  • n. 突降;急转而下;虎头蛇尾
GRE
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

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自《权威词典》

4. It was an anticlimax when they abandoned the game.
他们放弃比赛,真是扫兴.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. 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.

来自辞典例句

    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。

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