anticlimax

英 /ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks/ 美 /ˌæntiˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-/

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中文释义

n.突降法，虎头蛇尾，苍白无力的结尾，令人扫兴的结尾

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。
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。
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。