单词 | anticlimax |
释义 | anticlimax[,ænti'klaimæks]n. 突降法, 虎头蛇尾 anticlimax an.ti.cli.max AHD: [²n”t¶-klº“m²ks”, ²n”tº-] D.J. [7#nti86kla!7m#ks, 7#nta!-]K.K. [7#nti6kla!7m#ks, 7#nta!-]n.(名词)1. 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2. 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3. 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”(&b{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)继承用法:an”ticlimac“tic AHD: [-klº-m²k“t¹k] (形容词)an”ticlimac“tically adv.(副词) |
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