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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 ba·thos /ˈbeˌθɑs/
 頓降法,陳腐的,虛偽的
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Ba·thos n.  Rhet. A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 bathos
      n 1: triteness or triviality of style
      2: insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness]
      3: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn:
          anticlimax]