an.ti.cli.max
anticlimax的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˌænti:ˈklaiˌmæks, ˌæntai-]
KK音标发音: [ˌæntiˈklaɪˌmæks, ˌæntaɪ-]
anticlimax的词性:
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”(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)
anticlimax的音标和读音:
anticlimax的词性:
adv.(副词)