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单词 anticlimax
释义 an·ti·cli·max
\| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷|-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: anti- (I) + climax
1. : the usually sudden transition in writing or speaking from an idea of significance or dignity to an idea trivial or ludicrous by comparison especially at the close of a series, sentence, or passage (as a love of God, justice, and sports cars); also : an instance of such transition
2.
 a. : an event or occurrence (as the last of a series) that is strikingly or ludicrously less important, significant, or dignified than what has preceded it
 b. : a disappointment of expectation
  < the anticlimax of his later years >
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