anticlimax
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌæn.tiˈklaɪ.mæks]
- 美式音标 [ˌæntiˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-]
- 国际音标 [,ænti'klaimæks]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 突降法；虎头蛇尾；令人扫兴的结尾
词根记忆
- anti(相反) + climax(高潮，结局)→与期望相反的结局→突降法
英汉例句
- 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。 - It was an anticlimax when they abandoned the game.
他们放弃比赛,真是扫兴. - In fact, one of the most common game failures is anticlimax.
实际上, 游戏最常见的失败之一便是渐趋平淡. - 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。 - 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。
词组短语
- Anticlimax or Bathos 渐降法
- gradationclimax and anticlimax 六层递
- a feeling of anticlimax 扫兴感
- climax and anticlimax 层递和突降
短语
英英字典
- an event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than was expected or because it happens immediately after a much more interesting or exciting event
- You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
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专业释义
- 突降法(指说话或写作中从有重大意义的精彩内容突然转入平淡或荒谬的内容)
- 反高潮