apocalypse 详细解释

apocalypse

[ə'pɔkəlips]

n.世界毁灭, 圣经新约之《启示录》,天启, 大灾难

英英释义

名词 apocalypse:

a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

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

同义词:Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Book of Revelation

补充

apocalypseapocalypse英:[əˈpɔkəlips] 美:[əˈpɑkəˌlɪps]n.1.(尤指世界末日的)启示, 天启

例句

1. the age of the nuclear and ecological apocalypse核灾变与生态灾难的时代 2. a stock market apocalypse.股市崩盘。 3. His book tells of an environmental apocalypse.他的书讲述了一场生态环境灾难。 4. fears of a nuclear apocalypse [=a disaster caused by nuclear weapons]对于核灾难的恐惧 5. Some people believed the apocalypse would happen in the year 2000.有人曾相信世界末日会是在2000年。 6. waiting for the apocalypse等待世界末日