名詞 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.
   結(jié)局出人意表，她當(dāng)修女了。

denouement 也作 dé.noue.ment

n.（名詞）

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.
結(jié)局：戲劇或敘事場景的最后結(jié)果
The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.
在有上述結(jié)局的戲劇或小說中，高潮過后的事件
The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.
（一系列事件的）結(jié)果；最終結(jié)果

來源：
French dénouement
法語 dénouement
from Old French desnouement [an untying]
源自 古法語 desnouement [解開]
from desnouer [to undo]
源自 desnouer [解開]
des- [de-]
des- [前綴，表.自…導(dǎo)出.]
nouer [to tie] from Latin nôd3re from nôdus [knot] * see ned-
nouer [打結(jié)] 源自 拉丁語 nôd3re 源自 nôdus [打結(jié)] *參見 ned-