Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa.
他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。
a sense/feeling of anticlimax
扫兴感
1.(重要性,兴趣等的)突降;(命运等的)突然衰败,虎头蛇尾
2.【语】突降法
1.something that is not as exciting as you expected it to be so that you feel disappointed
1.After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.
在一星期戏剧性的谈判之后，所有的结尾都是令人扫兴的
2.And this man looked me up and down for about 10 seconds, and he said, "My, what an anticlimax! "
这时先说话的那个人对着我上下打量了足足有十秒钟然后他说：“天哪，真是扫兴啊！”
3.The announcement was in a sense of anticlimax, since it implicitly recognized the failure of their plan.
这个声明真是大煞风景，因为它等于承认他们的计划已经失败了。
4.Late in the Alexandrian period, Pappus' additions to geometry came as a sort of anticlimax.
在亚历山大里亚晚期出现的Pappus对几何学的工作是高潮后的一种低潮。
5.When you sell a business that you've spent years growing, the first sensation is one of anticlimax.
卖掉培育多年的企业之后，第一反应是一种失落感。
6.After this gruesome tale the easing of the siege comes as an anticlimax.
在这令人毛骨悚然的故事之后，围城的放松就写得有些虎头蛇尾。
7.The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
尽管计划度假时兴致勃勃，而到头来假日本身却颇为扫兴。
8.After the fear and panic of the past two years, that may come almost as an anticlimax. But that is the way crises often end.
过去两年的担忧惊恐之后，那或许的确是一个败兴的结局，但危机也往往是这样结束的。
9.Before the listener knows where he is, the mounting tension is lifted in a pianissimo anticlimax.
在听众不知不觉之间，紧张气氛在最弱音的突减中被提升了。
10.Private employment rose a meagre 41, 000, an anticlimax after other signs that America's recovery was gathering steam.
私人雇佣增加少许，只有41000个，这有些反周期，因为诸多迹象表明美国经济复原正蓄势待发。