denouement

名词 denouement:

1. the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2. the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

1. In a surprising denouement, she becomes a nun.
   结局出人意表，她当修女了。

denouement 也作 dé.noue.ment

n.（名词）

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.
结局：戏剧或叙事场景的最后结果
The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.
在有上述结局的戏剧或小说中，高潮过后的事件
The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.
（一系列事件的）结果；最终结果

来源：
French dénouement
法语 dénouement
from Old French desnouement [an untying]
源自 古法语 desnouement [解开]
from desnouer [to undo]
源自 desnouer [解开]
des- [de-]
des- [前缀，表.自…导出.]
nouer [to tie] from Latin nôd3re from nôdus [knot] * see ned-
nouer [打结] 源自 拉丁语 nôd3re 源自 nôdus [打结] *参见 ned-