anticlimactic
虎头蛇尾的，就是指有很好的开场，却没有与之匹配的结局。
After all the prep work that goes into making a Debian package, the actual package creation is somewhat anticlimactic.
在完成制作 Debian 软件包的所有准备工作之后，实际的软件包创建工作就有些虎头蛇尾了。
anticlimactic = anti + climactic
climactic /klaɪˈmæktɪk/ TEM8
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ADJ A climactic moment in a story or a series of events is one in which a very exciting or important event occurs. (故事或事件中)形成高潮的
例：
…the film’s climactic scene.
…这场电影的高潮场景。
climax /ˈklaɪmæks/ CET6 TEM4
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N-COUNT The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end. 高潮
例：
For Pritchard, reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career.
对普里查德来说，进军奥林匹克运动会是她事业的巅峰。
例：
It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety.
这是24小时不断升温的焦虑的顶点。
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V-T/V-I The event that climaxes a sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of events climaxeswith a particular event. 使达到高潮; 达到高潮
例：
The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes.
游行示威达到了两周罢工的高潮。
要注意与 climatic 气候 这个单词区分。
odorant
odorant指有气味的东西，或者可以当形容词形容有气味的。
perfume、scent，也可以表示气味。
但perfume指香水或者香水的香味。
而scent也可以指香水或者香味，但scent也可以指人的气味或者动物身上的臭味
scent /sɛnt/ CET6 TEM4
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N-COUNT The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has. 香味
例：Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
花儿不仅凭外观也凭香味而被选中。
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V-T If something scents a place or thing, it makes it smell pleasant. 使充满香味
例：Jasmine flowers scent the air.
茉莉花使空气充满芳香。
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N-MASS Scent is a liquid which women put on their necks and wrists to make themselves smell nice. 香水
例：She dabbed herself with scent.
她在自己身上擦了点香水。
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N-VAR The scent of a person or animal is the smell that they leave and that other people sometimes follow when looking for them. (人的) 气味; (动物留下的) 臭迹
例：A police dog picked up the murderer’s scent.
一条警犬嗅出了凶手的气味。
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V-T When an animal scents something, it becomes aware of it by smelling it. 嗅到
例：…dogs which scent the hidden birds.
…嗅到隐藏的鸟的狗。
ego
在《银河护卫队2》(Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)中，星爵(Star-Lord)的老爸，名字叫ego。他认为只有他是永恒的，其他任何事物都是暂时的，以自我为中心。
ego
- n. 自我；自负；自我意识
- n. (Ego)人名；(日)依怙 (姓)；(法)埃戈
ego/ˈiːɡəʊ, ˈɛgəʊ/CET4 TEM4
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N-VAR Someone’s ego is their sense of their own worth. For example, if someone has a large ego, they think they are very important and valuable. 自我价值感
例：He had a massive ego, never would he admit he was wrong.
他有极强的自我价值感，从来不会承认他错了。
ego和self都可以表示以自我为中心。
self/sɛlf/CET4 TEM4
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N-COUNT Your self is your basic personality or nature, especially considered in terms of what you are really like as a person. 自身; 本性
例：You’re looking more like your usual self.
你现在看上去更像你平常的样子了。
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N-COUNT A person’s self is the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else. 个性
例：I want to explore and get in touch with my inner self.
我想认真探索，了解我内在的个性。
例：The face is the true self visible to others.
面孔是外人能看到的真实自我。
总结
anticlimactic 虎头蛇尾的
climactic 高潮的；顶点的；渐层法的
climax 高潮
odorant 气味
perfume 香水；香味
scent 香味，人的气味
ego 自我意识、自我为中心的
