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]