apocalypse: [13] A ‘catastrophic event, such as the end of the world’ is a relatively recent, 20thcentury development in the meaning of apocalypse. Originally it was an alternative name for the book of the Bible known as the ‘Revelation of St. John the divine’, which describes a vision of the future granted to St John on the island of Patmos. And in fact, the underlying etymological meaning of apocalypse is literally ‘revelation’.
It comes, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek apokálupsis, a derivative of the verb apokalúptein ‘uncover, reveal’, which was formed from the prefix apo- ‘away, off’ and the verb kalúptein ‘cover’ (related to English conceal). => conceal
apocalypse (n.)
late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation," from Greek apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into English as "Apocalypse" c. 1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c. 1380).
Its general sense in Middle English was "insight, vision; hallucination;" meaning "a cataclysmic event" is modern. As agent nouns, apocalypst (1829), apocalypt (1834), and apocalyptist (1835) have been tried.
apocalypse 英文释义
1. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
apocalypse 双语例句
1. Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
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2. We live in the shadow of the apocalypse, of a catastrophe that will mean the end of the world itself.
我们生活在意味着世界末日将要到来的灾难的阴影当中。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It's Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now.
那是《现代启示录》里的《狂热的瓦格纳》.
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4. Palm trees remind me the bombing scenes in Apocalypse Now.
会安的棕榈树,让我联想到《现代启示录》的轰炸场面.
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5. We live in the age of the final , ultimate Apocalypse.
我们生活在最终末日决战的时代.
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apocalypse 实用场景例句
We live in the shadow of the apocalypse, of a catastrophe that will mean the end of the world itself.
我们生活在意味着世界末日将要到来的灾难的阴影当中。
柯林斯例句
It's Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now.
那是《现代启示录》里的《狂热的瓦格纳》.
电影对白
Palm trees remind me the bombing scenes in Apocalypse Now.
会安的棕榈树,让我联想到《现代启示录》的轰炸场面.
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We live in the age of the final , ultimate Apocalypse.
我们生活在最终末日决战的时代.
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Actually, the movie Apocalypse Now was what did it for me.
事实上, 电影“现代启示录”影响了我.
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Jim David : I'm a soldier of the apocalypse, man!
吉姆: 伙计,我是上天封号战士.
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Even as a kid, I had nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.
即便当我还是个孩子的时候, 我会做核灾变的噩梦.
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Be Apocalypse tank inside the successful police could it be said that?
难道是红警里的天启坦克 吗 ?
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By Egyptian record, Keftiu was destroyed by the seas in an apocalypse.
依照埃及人记载, 克弗悌乌在一次天启中被海洋毁灭.
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This paper comments on the latest literatures and summarizes related apocalypse.
本文评述这一领域的最新文献,并总结相关的启示.
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I am the one horseman of the Apocalypse.
我是伟大的天命骑士之一.
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Beware of his dark and deadly Apocalypse.
(感谢SHADOW同学的更正).
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Michelle: You mean " The Apocalypse "?
蜜雪儿: 你是说 “ 启示录 ”?
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Another year of this apocalypse crap?
再继续扯一年天启的淡?
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He proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalypse.
