Denouement



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 小说的) 结尾, 结局
• ［英］ n. ( 小说的) 结尾, 结局 ??1. the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
• ??2. the outcome of a complex sequence of events
• ［记］ 法语: de+noue ( =knot结) , 解开结 -> 结尾; 注意不要和denouncement ( 谴责) 相混

Webster Collegiate

also dénouement noun

• Etymology: French dénouement, literally, untying, from Middle French desnouement, from desnouer to untie, from Old French desnoer, from des- de- + noer to tie, from Latin nodare, from nodus knot — more at node
• Date: 1705
• 1. the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
• 2. the outcome of a complex sequence of events

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