revelation
revelation
noun
revelational
adjective
语源
noun
- a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
出人意料的真相透露，揭露的惊人内幕
revelations about his personal life.
他个人生活的内幕揭秘。
■[mass noun]the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown
揭露，暴露，泄露，透露
the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king.
对传说中暗杀国王阴谋的透露。
■used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something
惊人的新发现
seeing them play at international level was a revelation.
看到他们打出国际水平，这可大大出乎人们意料。 - [mass noun]the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world
（上帝或超自然力）启示
an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation.
对达尔文的进化论和《圣经》启示进行调和的尝试。
[count noun]a divine revelation.
天启，神示。
■(Revelation 或非正式 Revelations)(全称 the Revelation of St John the Divine)the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John
《启示录》（《圣经•新约》末卷，讲述上帝对圣约翰有关未来的启示）
revelational
adjective
语源
- Middle English (in the theoological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare 'lay bare' (see reveal). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent
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