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
I just retired. Had my own company.
我刚退休。我原来开一家公司。
Can you help me out? I'm trying to find a post office.
你能帮我个忙吗?我想找个邮局。
He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.