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