bathos
n[U]
sudden change (in writing or speech) from what is deeply moving or important to what is foolish or trivial; anticlimax 突降(指在文章或讲话中, 从精采动人或意义重大的内容突然转入荒谬或平淡的内容); 突降法(从高潮突然降为低潮的修辞法).
🗣️ 情景例句
We haven't heard from him for weeks but we're still hoping for a letter.
我们已经有几个星期没有他的消息,但仍然盼望着他的来信。
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
你发誓据实陈述而决无谎言吗?
but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.