apocalypse是什么意思

2023-11-30 03:55:16

apocalypse

美[əpɑːkəlɪps] 英[əpɒkəlɪps]

n. 世界毁灭；圣经新约之《启示录》；天启；大灾难

近义词：disaster，catastrophe，dayofreckoning，JudgmentDay，endoftheworld，destruction，Armageddon，revelation，

n.(名词)

Noun

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

用作名词(n.)

Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
He told me of an apocalypse yet to come.他告诉我一个天启将要来到。
He proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalypse.他提出了一系列可能避免环境灾难的措施。