revelation的意思|revelation的解释-里氏词典

revelation [,revi'leiʃәn]

n. 揭露, 泄露, 发觉, 默示, 启示

revelation

[ noun ]

the speech act of making something evident

<noun.communication>

an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

<noun.cognition>

communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

<noun.communication>

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

<noun.communication>

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.

2. That which is revealed.

3. (Theol.)
(a) The act of revealing divine truth.
(b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.

By revelation he made known unto me the mystery,
as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3.

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}.

Mr Molyneaux, briefed in advance of the revelation, appeared ready to reserve judgment. But trust - or rather the absence of it - has always been the deciding factor in efforts to restore peace to Northern Ireland.
Her interpretation of the "quality of mercy" speech _ one of the best known in the Shakespeare _ is a revelation and the heart of the play.
You have to work hard, and I really mean to work hard," she said. "I've got to make sure that the revelation doesn't turn out to be a disaster." The commuter train zips along at 50 miles an hour.
One is religion, which claims that revelation from outside the world conveys truths undiscoverable by human inquiry within it.
"I really want to go to PTL so I can understand what it's all about," she said. "It's like trying to find your real father." She said she was saddened when the television ministry fell on hard times following the revelation of the tryst.
'There had been some decent activity numbers. 'The problem was the timing and the subsequent revelation that Eddie George (governor of the Bank of England) didn't want it.
Directness of verbal communication from the lips of the singers was not the first source of revelation. As it happens, the opera was most eloquently and - apart from the rich-toned but word-muffled Nurse of Nadine Denize - clearly sung.
The climax of the tale is the revelation of this truth, but tantalising shafts of light are shone into the characters' psyches along the way. Like the Birtwistle, Blond Eckbert is a story of self-discovery.
During the dream, Mahound has a revelation in Gibreel's presence telling him to accept the deal.
The revelation last Tuesday that an anesthesiologist had performed an experiment on Pacal Louette, 24, considered at the time clinically dead, touched off a scandal about the ethics of using human beings as guinea pigs.
McFarlane's testimony, devoted mostly to aid given to the Contras at a time when it was forbidden by U.S. law, also touched on the revelation that money from the sale of arms to Iran had been diverted to the Contra cause.
As they await investigation for corruption the horrors of prison life are inducing many to sing like canaries, producing a virtuous circle of revelation and further incrimination.
Me, I prefer to take the back roads and to stop at little country inns on the way.' His Mercureys, both red and white, are a revelation and deserve to be kept far longer than most (his 1985 whites are just reaching top form now).
That way neither will upstage the other as each new revelation is milked, like a fine line from Hamlet, for all it's worth.
That revelation prompted another physical examination, after which doctors concluded that Bowie should be housed as a woman.
The increasing importance of the Tehran revelation to Merck is underscored by the fact that the company, according to Ms. Oliva, now destroys "about three times as much" documentation as it did 10 years ago.
That's where the money is." The "Taylor Plan" that grew out of Taylor's revelation would let Louisiana students attend college based solely on ability to learn.
The revelation of an apparent conflict of interest throws into further disarray the $55 million award of a dozen big phone switches.
Marcia Gay Harden's Harper is a revelation: she combines childish petulance and womanly longing to make what previously seemed an unplayable character one of the play's central figures.
The revelation comes in a book he has written, "Don't Quit: How to Turn Around Tough Times."
The prime minister said next to nothing new, yet his speech was a revelation.
Fronterhouse's resignation, timed to coincide with the stunning revelation of First RepublicBank's quarterly figures, threw a spotlight on the new chief executive.
The most notable revelation was last year's disclosure that a Toshiba Corp. subsidiary had sold milling machines that may have permitted the Soviet Union to build quieter propeller shafts, making detection of its nuclear submarines more difficult.
This is the most startling revelation of his diary.
This revelation jolts him at the screening of an American slasher film attended by his polyglot construction crew, during which the boozed-up Austrian navvies have to translate the monster's comments into Saruvian for their Middle Eastern colleagues.
Someone who believes in God's revelation does not have to respond to it, but he must believe that God exists.
The revelation didn't bother Arista, the label that raked in the cash when "Girl You Know It's True" topped the charts.
In the end, that's a far more interesting revelation than the Big Secret Mr. Schrader lets drop in the movie's final moments.
Both were introduced before the revelation two weeks ago that the Milli Vanilli duo of Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus did not sing in concerts or on their album.
But, incredibly, it comes as a revelation for many people here.

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