revelation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/|/ˌɹev.əˈlæɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of revealing or disclosing. countable,uncountable
    — The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.
  2. Something that is revealed. countable,uncountable
    — The revelaciõ of Jeſus Chꝛiſte / which god gave vnto hĩ / foꝛto ſhewe vnto his ſervaunt[es] thyng[es] which muſte ſhoꝛtly come to paſſe.
  3. Something dramatically disclosed. countable,uncountable
    — This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.
  4. A manifestation of divine truth. countable,uncountable
    — This does not mean that God has difficulty overcoming obstacles; if one questions whether revelation is ‘a simple matter’, this need not refer to whether or not God has to exert himself greatly to overcome these obstacles, or whether he is grieved or suffers in some way to overcome these obstacles.
  5. Something that turns out to be a great success. countable,uncountable
    — This invention was a revelation for farming throughout the region, where it doubled crop yields.

词形变化

revelations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonrevelation Revelation revelational revelationary revelationism revelationist self-revelation special revelation
相关词
reveal revealing revealingness revelate revelative revelator revelatory

词源

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.
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