describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world 描述(或预示)世界末日的 the apocalyptic visions of ecologists. 生态学家所描述的世界末日景象。 ■resembling the end of the world; momentous or catastrophic 像是世界末日的;重大的;严重的;灾难性的 the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions. 两国间的争斗达到了灾难性的程度。 ■of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse (与)《圣经•启示录》(有关)的,像《圣经•启示录》中描述的 apocalyptic imagery. 世界末日的景象。
派生 apocalyptically adverb 语源
early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the writer of the Apocalypse, St John): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein 'uncover' (see apocalypse)