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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 an·ti·cli·max /-ˈklaɪˌmæks/
 漸降法,虎頭蛇尾

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·ti·cli·max n. Rhet. A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
 Note: Example:
 Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
 Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 anticlimax
      n 1: a disappointing decline after ad previous rise; "the
           anticlimax of a brilliant career"
      2: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn:
          bathos]