anticlimax

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.
令人悲哀的是，他的國際職業(yè)生涯竟如此慘淡收場。
It was an anticlimax when they abandoned the game.
他們放棄比賽,真是掃興.
In fact, one of the most common game failures is anticlimax.
實際上, 遊戯最常見的失敗之一便是漸趨平淡.
Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa.
他在非洲生活了多年，到歐洲旅行真是有點太平淡了。
Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax.
巴裡緊隨德尅·博加德之後發(fā)表了縯講，不出所料，縯講頓時變得索然無味。

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

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.