名词虎头蛇尾; 突降法; 苍白无力的结尾; 令人扫兴的结尾
1. 突降法:尤其是在记叙事件上面,他很擅长使用突降法(anticlimax)来突出,也很喜欢调换事件发生的自然时间顺序来获得意外效果. 就<<蜘蛛男孩>>一本书而言,前文中一直若隐若现的对于各种鸟类的点滴着墨,以及对于主角胖查理羞于在公众面前高歌一曲的细致剖析,
2. 反高潮:然而,真实的情况总是和人们的想象相差甚远,用目前小资界的流行偶像村上春树的话来说,那就是,现实生活的情节总是反高潮(Anticlimax)的,在某种高潮臆想的背后其实只是一大片无边无际的平淡无奇的草原.
3. 戏剧高潮后的缓和;修辞学里:antichrist 反基督者或伪基督 | anticlimax 戏剧高潮后的缓和;修辞学里 | Anti-也可以用在医学和化学术语里. 例如:
1. (激动人心的事情之后)令人失望的情况,令人扫兴的事件
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.
e.g. Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax...
巴里紧随德克·博加德之后发表了演讲,不出所料,演讲顿时变得索然无味。
e.g. It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.
令人悲哀的是,他的国际职业生涯竟如此惨淡收场。
noun
1. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
Synonym: bathos
2. anticlimax
2. a disappointing decline after a previous rise
e.g. the anticlimax of a brilliant career