apocalyptic
apocalyptic 英 [əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk] 美 [əˌpɑkəˈlɪptɪk]
adj. 启示录的；天启的
名词复数:apocalyptics
- The lyrics of a popular song from the 1980’s by the band REM go, “It’s the end of the world as we know it.” This song’s tune may be catchy but the sentiment is rather apocalyptic — since it refers to the final destruction of the world.
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- adj. 启示录的；天启的
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1. Your characterisation of Confucianism, with its simultaneous apocalyptic and grandiose predictions for China, is barely more than a cartoon.
你对于儒教的描述以及你同时作出的有如天启一般浮夸的中国预言就像一副卡通画。
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2. Who else was an apocalyptic prophet? Paul.
还有谁是启示主义先知？保罗。
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3. apocalyptic is a political ideology, but what kind of politics it teaches in the early times of Christianity can vary.
天启论是一种政治意识形态，但它所教导的政治主张,在基督教早期可能不同。
- apocalyptic (adj.) 1660s, "pertaining to the 'Revelation of St. John' in the New Testament," from Greek apokalyptikos, from apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal" (see apocalypse). The original general sense was "prophetic" (1680s); meaning "pertaining to the imminent end of the world" is attested by 1864. Related: Apocalyptical (1630s).
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