anticlimax
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected. 令人失望的事物; 令人掃興的事物
After the marvellous display of Saturday morning, the remaining ceremonies were something of an anticlimax. 周六早晨的精彩展示之后，接下來的慶典簡直令人掃興。
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anticlimax /??nt??kla?m?ks/ (anticlimaxes)
劍橋詞典
- an event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than was expected or because it happens immediately after a much more interesting or exciting event
掃興，掃興的結局
When you really look forward to something it's often an anticlimax when it actually happens . 你期盼的事情一旦成真時，你卻常常會感到并不如想象的那樣令人興奮。
Coming home after a trip somewhere is always a bit of an anticlimax. 在一個地方旅游結束回家時，總會感到有些失落。
Even when you win a match there's often a sense of anticlimax - you always feel you could have played better . 即使在贏了比賽的時候，你也常會有一種不盡人意的感覺——總是覺得本來可以打得更好一些。 返回 anticlimax