/ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks ||; ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks/noun [C,U] an event, etc that is less exciting than you had expected or than what has already happened 反高潮；扫兴的结局: When the exams were over we all had a sense of anticlimax. 考试结束以后，我们都觉得扫兴。