anticlimax

1 Indeed, the end even of a great mystery can feel like an anticlimax.

2 Although it was only the sixth round out of twenty-two, for Bobby everything that followed from Bronstein was an emotional anticlimax.

3 It is an intriguing form, although the arrival sequence is a bit of an anticlimax.

4 Runnicles and his orchestra gave the concerto a fine first performance, after which the rest of the concert seemed an anticlimax.

5 It wasn’t an anticlimax — more like a diminuendo.

6 The book, “Moonwalking With Einstein,” was an instant sensation, which, considering the author’s heritage, is a bit of an anticlimax.

7 That three-song suite that concludes “Ocean Blvd” can certainly feel like an anticlimax, or a retreat from the existential questions posed in its opening movement.

8 We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in.

9 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，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。

10 That concluding routine, already somehow celebrated, involving helicopters above the mountains and crags of Kashmir, is a blustering, mechanical anticlimax, in which the ending is foretold.

11 In fact, so many illuminating sparks are set off by this show, mounted in celebration of the statue’s 125th anniversary, that its closing section about Lady Liberty comes as an anticlimax.

12 This borderline sitcom setup is rife with dramatic opportunity, but Pritzker’s screenplay favors rueful anticlimax over conflict at all times.

13 When Castle’s art is finally discovered by the art world and he has his own show, it is almost an anticlimax: “The turnout was good and a few pieces were sold.”

14 Although it was a tremendous relief that I wasn't going to suffer as much as I thought I was going to have to, there was an anticlimax aspect to the whole issue.

15 This could only be the work of a mind equal and opposite to Holmes – any fears the Moriarty reveal would be an anticlimax at this point melted away.

16 As "A Week in December" wobbles toward the last chapter, what should have been a stunning conclusion to a blistering social document fizzles in an anticlimax.

17 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，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。

18 I have known too much of the depths of life already, and I would prefer anything to an anticlimax.

19 Seeing something that you’ve lived so intensely in your mind can be a bitter anticlimax.

20 Private employment rose a meagre 41, 000, an anticlimax after other signs that America's recovery was gathering steam.

私人雇佣增加少许，只有41000个，这有些反周期，因为诸多迹象表明美国经济复原正蓄势待发。

1 失望

sorry disappointed despondent crestfallen disappointment despair jolt bummer letdown discomfiture desert spite frustrate mock disappoint balk belie disgruntle

2 虎头蛇尾

bathos after the Lord Mayor's show

3 令人扫兴的事物

demon

4 突降

bump

5 扫兴

rain on parade disappointment overshadow pull down put a damper on

6 令人失望的事物

letdown downer

7 突降法

bathos

8 渐降法

anticlimactic