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anticlimax

英 [æntɪ'klaɪmæks] 美[,æntɪ'klaɪmæks]
  • n. 突降法;虎头蛇尾;令人扫兴的结尾

GRE

词态变化


复数: anticlimaxes;形容词: anticlimactic;

中文词源


anticlimax 扫兴的

前缀anti-, 相对,相反。climax, 高潮。

英文词源


anticlimax (n.)
"the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect," 1701, from anti- + climax (n.).

双语例句


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