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an·ti·cli·max AHD[ăn'tē-klīʹmăks', ăn'tī-] D.J.[ˌæntiːˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-]K.K.[ˌæntiˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-]n.（名词）- A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise:突降：与先前的上升相比呈出令人失望的下降：the anticlimax of a brilliant career.辉煌事业的急转而下
- Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events:虎头蛇尾：在一系列重要事件后以微不足道或平淡的结尾：After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.在一星期戏剧性的谈判之后，所有的结尾都是令人扫兴的
- A sudden descent in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of it:突降法：话语或写作中的精彩，重要内容突然转入荒谬的，平淡的或其中的一例："Waggish non-Yale men never seem weary of calling ‘for God, for Country and for Yale’ the outstanding single anticlimax in the English language"(Time)“爱开玩笑的非耶鲁人从不厌倦说‘为了上帝，为了国家，为了耶鲁’，这是英语中一个典型的突降法例子”(时代)
an'ticlimacʹtic AHD[-klī-măkʹtĭk] （形容词）an'ticlimacʹtically adv.（副词） |