You continue to stick around, ... and then your life has this feeling of-- ... at least we can imagine this happening-- being sort of anticlimactic.

你还继续活在世上，但是你的生活则变得有点-,至少我们可以想象会有这样的事-,你的生活变得有点虎头蛇尾。

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You may take on a long-term project and then die before you've been able to complete it; or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then continue to stick around in an anti-climactic way.

你可能承担了一个长期的项目,然后在你能完成之前就死了，或者，你可能太快达到人生高峰,然后继续在平淡中徘徊。

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