revelation 英 [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn] 　 美 [ˌrɛvəˈleʃən]

revelation

revelation　 英 [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn] 美 [ˌrɛvəˈleʃən]

n. 揭露　

名词复数:revelations　

The revelation of his past lead to his resignation.　对他过去的揭露导致了他的辞职。
startling revelations about her private life, sensational revelations about her private life　对她的私生活令人吃惊的╱哗众取宠的揭露

  • Discovering that you had a long-lost sister would definitely be a revelation, or a surprising realization. Finding out she had been living in the house next door for years would be an even more startling revelation!
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  • n. 揭露

  • 1. The revelation of his past lead to his resignation.

    对他过去的揭露导致了他的辞职。

  • 2. startling revelations about her private life, sensational revelations about her private life

    对她的私生活令人吃惊的╱哗众取宠的揭露

  • 3. Her face was a revelation of her age.

    她的脸暴露了她的年龄。

  • revelation (n.) c. 1300, "disclosure of information to man by a divine or supernatural agency," from Old French revelacion and directly from Latin revelationem (nominative revelatio), noun of action from past participle stem of revelare "unveil, uncover, lay bare" (see reveal). General meaning "disclosure of facts" is attested from late 14c.; meaning "striking disclosure" is from 1862. As the name of the last book of the New Testament (Revelation of St. John), it is first attested late 14c. (see apocalypse); as simply Revelations, it is first recorded 1690s.
reve·la·tion AWL / ˌrevəˈleɪʃn ; NAmE ˌrevəˈleɪʃn / noun 1 [countable ] revelation(about/concerning sth) | revelation(that…) a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising 被暴露的真相；被曝光的秘闻 SYN disclosure ◆ startling/sensational revelationsabout her private life 对她的私生活令人吃惊的╱哗众取宠的揭露 2 [uncountable ] revelation(of sth) the act of making people aware of sth that has been secret 披露；揭露 SYN disclosure ◆ The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal. 重大的欺诈丑闻被揭露之后，公司随之出现了财政问题。 3 [countable ,  uncountable ] something that is considered to be a sign or message from God （上帝的）启示 ☞ collocationsat religion ☞see also reveal  (1 ) IDIOM come as/be a revelation (to sb) to be a completely new or surprising experience; to be different from what was expected 让人大开眼界；令人耳目一新；出乎意料 revelation revelations reve·la·tion / ˌrevəˈleɪʃn ; NAmE ˌrevəˈleɪʃn /
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