revelation

英 [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn]

n.  被暴露的真相; 被曝光的秘闻; 披露; 揭露; (上帝的)启示

复数：revelations　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4549 / COCA.4184

习惯用语

n.

come as/be a revelation (to sb)
• 让人大开眼界；令人耳目一新；出乎意料
  to be a completely new or surprising experience; to be different from what was expected

牛津词典

noun

• 被暴露的真相；被曝光的秘闻
  a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising
  1. startling/sensational revelations about her private life
     对她的私生活令人吃惊的 / 轰动性的揭露
• 披露；揭露
  the act of making people aware of sth that has been secret
  1. 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。
• （上帝的）启示
  something that is considered to be a sign or message from God

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 被揭示的真相;被揭露的内情
  Arevelationis a surprising or interesting fact that is made known to people.
  1. ...the seemingly everlasting revelations about his private life.
     对他的私生活看似没完没了的曝光
  2. ...the revelation that William had survived the initial attack.
     威廉在首次袭击中幸存下来的惊人内幕
• N-VAR 揭露;披露;透露
  Therevelation ofsomething is the act of making it known.
  1. ...following the revelation of his affair with a former secretary...
     在他和前秘书的私情被揭露之后
  2. Further revelations are expected.
     人们期待着真相的进一步披露。
• N-SING 意想不到的事物;非常好的事物
  If you say that something you experienced wasa revelation, you are saying that it was very surprising or very good.
  1. The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation...
     这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。
  2. Degas's work had been a revelation to her.
     德加的作品曾经让她大开眼界。
• N-VAR (上帝的)启示，默示
  A divinerevelationis a sign or explanation from God about his nature or purpose.
  1. The whole system was based on divine revelation in the Scriptures.
     整个体系都建立在《圣经》的神圣启示的基础之上。

英英释义

noun

• an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
• communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
  Synonym:divine revelation
• the speech act of making something evident
  Synonym:disclosurerevealing

双语例句

• The correspondence between Marx and Engels was for me not a theoretical one, but a psychological revelation.
  马克思和恩格斯的通信集对我来说不仅是一部理论著作，而且是一部心理启示录。
• Marriages were broken and lives ruined by the revelation of double-dealing.
  骗局被揭穿后，婚姻破裂了，生活也毁了。
• The self-realized and holy saint endowed with divine revelation will instruct you in wisdom.
  被赋予了神的启示，觉悟了的圣贤们将会把智慧教导给你。
• I suppose this is embarrassing, but it's hardly a revelation.
  我认为这很难堪，但不是揭露。
• Review, Analysis and Revelation of the Researches on Industrial Cluster Evolution
  产业集群演进研究：回顾、分析和启示
• For this revelation he was struck blind by the goddess Hera.
  由于揭露此事，他被女神赫拉弄瞎了眼。
• I soon stumbled upon my first major revelation.
  我很快就遇到了我第一个重要的启示。
• Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
  她的脸暴露了她的年龄和放荡的生活。
• Further revelations are expected.
  人们期待着真相的进一步披露。
• Theology, then, is not a science of God, which is impossible, but of his revelation.
  神学，那么，是不是一个科学的上帝，这是不可能，但他的启示。