anticlimax 的定义
- an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected.
- a descent in power, quality, dignity, etc.; a disappointing, weak, or inglorious conclusion: After serving as president, he may find life in retirement an anticlimax.
- a noticeable or ludicrous descent from lofty ideas or expressions to banalities or commonplace remarks: We were amused by the anticlimax of the company's motto: “For God, for country, and for Acme Gasworks.”
anticlimax 近义词
ineffective conclusion
更多anticlimax例句
- All the same, what might have been seen as an embarrassing anticlimax was a major economic opportunity.
- For Chávez, the end of the campaign was an anticlimax, and for Capriles, the pinnacle of his political career.
- It was the biggest anticlimax in the history of Wall Street crime.
- It was upon a lighter note, not to end in anticlimax, that Mr. Jenyns concluded his able pamphlet.
- It seemed certain that the next two days must provide the climax or anticlimax of our whole reconnaissance.
- After what he had been through, the Black Mass was necessarily an anticlimax.
- The Fourth Act is an anticlimax, and shows up the faulty construction of the drama.
- It was an absurd anticlimax to see that bold, bad gunman being jammed upright to keep him from falling in a heap.