anticlimax

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/|[ˈæ.ɾ̃iˌklaɪ.mæks]|/ˈæn.taɪˌklaɪ.mæks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A failed or reverse climax, particularly countable,uncountable
    — Reed, Superba of yore, made a gallant effort to summon the Promethean fire that once burned within him when it was his “listening senates to command,” but his vaunted perorations proved anticlimaces and his oratory a flop.
  2. A failed or reverse climax; An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict. countable,uncountable
  3. A failed or reverse climax; An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for. countable,rhetoric,uncountable

词形变化

anticlimaxes plural anti-climax alternative

词汇关系

近义词
bathos
反义词
climax cliffhanger auxesis
相关词
anticlimactic underwhelm

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English climax
English anticlimax
From anti- + climax.
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