Revelation
[revə'leɪʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛvə'leʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure.
(noun.) the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle.
(noun.) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency.
埃米尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
(n.) That which is revealed.
(n.) The act of revealing divine truth.
(n.) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
(n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
編輯:沃尔夫冈
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Discovery, disclosure.[2]. Divine communication of truth.[3]. The Apocalypse.
埃德加整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Discovery, disclosure, {divine_communication}, apocalypse
ANT:Concealing, veiling, shrouding, keeping_back
雅克校對
解釋/意思:
n. the act of revealing: that which is revealed: the revealing divine truth: that which is revealed by God to man: the Apocalypse or last book of the New Testament.—adj. Revelā′tional.—n. Revelā′tionist.—adj. Rev′elātory.
手打:列侬
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a revelation, if it be of a pleasant nature, you may expect a bright outlook, either in business or love; but if the revelation be gloomy you will have many discouraging features to overcome.
校對:玛克辛
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators who know nothing.
錄入:奥利维尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I cannot say with truth that the terrible inference which those words suggested flashed upon me like a new revelation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was well for me that the Count's revelation roused Sir Percival's anger as it did. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But she meant to point out to him that the revelation might do Fred Vincy a great deal of good. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And Gudrun could see he was making some slow confidence to Ursula, unwilling, a slow, grudging, scanty self-revelation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was a marvellous sight: a mighty revelation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- According to him there are two sources of knowledge, reason and revelation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- For the evening reading before prayers, he selected the twenty-first chapter of Revelation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Others held that the investigation of truth was no longer necessary after mankind had recei ved the revelation of the gospel. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Unable to explain the nature or cause of this wonderful revelation, Roentgen gave to the light an algebraic name for the unknown--the X rays. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Madame bore this revelation and visitation so well, so stoically, that I for very shame could not support it otherwise than with composure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- This punching of the cold metal without cutting, boring, drilling, hammering, or otherwise shaping the metal, was indeed a revelation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The revelation of this suddenly-established intimacy effectually chilled his desire to see her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But when I announced that we had cut our way in and could cut our way out just as well, it seemed a new revelation to officers and soldiers. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- And are your revelations startling? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They exchanged confidences, they were intimate in their revelations to the last degree, giving each other at last every secret. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- To the microscope the art of photography has lent its valuable aid, so that all the revelations of the microscope are susceptible of preservation in permanent records, as photomicrographs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He was quick enough to observe; he had a good memory, and did not forget a word of the brother's revelations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Then in 1874-1875, Bell took up the matter, and at the Philadelphia exhibition, 1876, astonished the world by the revelations of the telephone. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He knew everything and a great deal besides, about all the world--in a word, he made the most astounding revelations to the simple-hearted Major. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- No, I cannot give up Revelations. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It was rather delicious, to feel her drawing his self-revelations from him, as from the very innermost dark marrow of his body. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Hers was the only church against which no threats were implied in the Revelations, and the only one which survived. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I have discovered that the sixth seal mentioned in the Revelations is the Great Seal. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I read the book o' Revelations until I know it off by heart, and I never doubt when I'm waking, and in my senses, of all the glory I'm to come to. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
整理:莱克格斯