bathos

UK:  ['beɪθɒs]

US:  ['beɪ.θɑs]

n.

1.陈腐,平凡

2.突降法

3.假悲哀;过分的感伤,感伤癖

4.【修辞学】顿降法〔由庄重突转庸俗之法〕;虎头蛇尾

1 . And he'll never be able to emerge from his bathos of coarseness and ignorance.
他永远也不能从他那粗野无知中解脱出来。

2 . NO ONE expected a bang; but the idea of a cap on America's carbon emissions died with barely the bathos of a whimper.
没人想过会有大事发生，但是关于限制美国二氧化碳排放的提议只随着一声啜泣而戛然而止。

3 . bathos: an abrupt, unIntended transition In style from the exalted to the commonplace, producIng a ludicrous effect.
一种突然的，意外的变化，在文体上从庄严崇高降至平庸可笑，能产生一种意想不到的效果。

4 . appears to step from brightness to bathos with a tacit apology.
从光明步入虚伪，带着心照不宣的歉意。