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单词 anticlimax
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anticlimax
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌæn.tiˈklaɪ.mæks/us
/ˌæn.t̬iˈklaɪ.mæks/
aneventorexperiencethatcausesdisappointmentbecause it is lessexcitingthan wasexpectedor because ithappensimmediatelyafter a much moreinterestingorexcitingevent:
扫兴，扫兴的结局
When you reallylookforwardto something it's often an anticlimax when itactuallyhappens.你期盼的事情一旦成真时，你却常常会感到并不如想象的那样令人兴奋。
Cominghomeafter atripsomewhereis alwaysabitof ananticlimax.在一个地方旅游结束回家时，总会感到有些失落。
Even when youwinamatchthere's often asenseof anticlimax - you alwaysfeelyou could haveplayedbetter.即使在赢了比赛的时候，你也常会有一种不尽人意的感觉——总是觉得本来可以打得更好一些。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disappointing yourself and others
  • abjectly
  • anticlimactic
  • be cracked up to besomethingidiom
  • be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
  • break
  • breaksomeone'sheartidiom
  • disappointment
  • disenchantment
  • dishearten
  • disheartening
  • dishonour
  • eye
  • fail
  • fall
  • let the side downidiom
  • letdown
  • non-event
  • pity
  • prick
  • sick
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anticlimactic
(Definition ofanticlimaxfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanticlimax

anticlimax
The summary and recommendations by the editors, in comparison, are ananticlimax.
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I felt here a musical opportunity was missed, leaving the final scene musically something of ananticlimax.
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For the rest, the final chapter perpetuates this tone ofanticlimax.
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The introduction is marvelous, but the conclusion is a bit of ananticlimax.
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For most, the voyage ended there but for some, the happy anticipation of arrival quickly turned to a sense of frustration andanticlimaxwhen quarantine was declared.
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Because of this, the dramatic potential of the catharsis is diminished, and the story tapers off in a very longanticlimaxof the happy-villager happy end.
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Then it seemed that the play was going to end in ananticlimax.
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Probably the events of this afternoon's debate have been one of the biggest anticlimaxes of all.
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That was rather disappointing to some of our hopes, ratheranticlimaxin a way.
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But it is also a disadvantage because any speech after his is bound to be ananticlimax.
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This debate has been heralded for so long as "the great debate" that all of us are conscious of the danger ofanticlimax.
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Such an outcome from the conference must come as a cruel and mockinganticlimaxto millions of people all over the world.
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He gets left with a sense of emptiness, ofanticlimax, almost of frustration.
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After all the advance publicity and public relations hype, this statement is a sadanticlimax.
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But certainly, in the case of this debate, no one could say that it has been anything in the nature of ananticlimax.
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