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apocalypse 音標拼音: [əp'ɑkəl ,ɪps] n. 啟示,天啟 啟示,天啟 apocalypse n 1: a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil 2: 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 [ synonym: { Revelation}, { Revelation of Saint John the Divine}, { Apocalypse}, { Book of Revelation}] Revelation \ Rev` e* la" tion\, n. [ F. r[' e] v[' e] lation, L. revelatio. See { Reveal}.] 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is revealed. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Theol.) ( a) The act of revealing divine truth. ( b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. [ 1913 Webster] By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. -- Eph. iii. 3. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the { Apocalypse} or { Book of Revelation} or { The Revelation of Saint John}. [ 1913 Webster]
Apocalypse \ A* poc" a* lypse\, n. [ L. apocalypsis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to uncover, to disclose; ? from ? to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. ( Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Specifically, the revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament ( called Revelation or the Apocalypse). [ 1913 Webster] 3. Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure. Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person' s goals or style of life. [ 1913 Webster PJC] The new apocalypse of Nature. -- Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster] 4. the final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John' s Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon. [ PJC] Apocalyptic72 Moby Thesaurus words for " apocalypse": actuarial prediction, afflatus, baring, direct communication, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, discovery, divine inspiration, divine revelation, envisioning, epiphany, expose, exposition, exposure, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, guesswork, improbability, inspiration, laying bare, manifestation, mystical experience, mysticism, omen, oracle, patefaction, precognition, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, prevision, probability, prognosis, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, removing the veil, revealing, revealment, revelation, showing up, showup, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, stripping, theophania, theophany, theopneustia, theopneusty, uncloaking, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, vaticination, vision |
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