anticlimax
n
disappointing end to a series of events which had seemed likely to become more interesting, exciting or impressive 令人扫兴的结局
The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it. 尽管计划度假时兴致勃勃, 而到头来假日本身却颇为扫兴.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,ænti'klaimæks]n. 突降法, 虎头蛇尾
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
affiliatevt. 使隶属于,接纳…为成员;使紧密联系;
vt.& vi. 加入,与…有关;为…工作;
Let them have your parking space, that way you won't come back later to find your car vandalized.
让他们把车停在你的停车位吧,那样你回来时就不会发现你的车被刮花。
I'm sorry I'm late.
对不起,我迟到了。
an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.