anticlimax
英 [?nt?'kla?m?ks]
美 [,?nt?'kla?m?ks]
中文詞源
anticlimax 掃興的前綴anti-, 相對，相反。climax, 高潮。
英文詞源
- anticlimax (n.)
- "the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect," 1701, from anti- + climax (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax.
- 巴里緊隨德克·博加德之后發表了演講，不出所料，演講頓時變得索然無味。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.
- 令人悲哀的是，他的國際職業生涯竟如此慘淡收場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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，到歐洲旅行真是有點太平淡了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. It was an anticlimax when they abandoned the game.
- 他們放棄比賽,真是掃興.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
- 盡管計劃度假時興致勃勃,而到頭來假日本身卻頗為掃興.
來自辭典例句