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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4549 COCA: 4184

revelation

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
revelation /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən/ noun
plural revelations
revelation
/ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən/
noun
plural revelations
Learner's definition of REVELATION
[count] : a usually secret or surprising fact that is made known被披露的真相;被曝光的秘密
[count] : an act of making something known : an act of revealing something in usually a surprising way揭示;披露;透露
often + of
[singular] : something that surprises you使人吃惊的事;出人意料的事
often + to
: a sign or message from God天启;启示
[count]
[noncount]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4549 COCA: 4184

revelation

noun

rev·​e·​la·​tion ˌre-və-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce revelation (audio)
1
a
: an act of revealing or communicating divine truth
b
: something that is revealed by God to humans
2
a
: an act of revealing to view or making known
b
: something that is revealed
especially : an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
shocking revelations
c
: a pleasant often enlightening surprise
her talent was a revelation
3
capitalized : an apocalyptic writing addressed to early Christians of Asia Minor and included as a book in the New Testament

called also Apocalypse

see Bible Table

Example Sentences

The book includes many shocking revelations about the mayor's personal life. The revelation that she was a drug user was not a surprise to me. Revelations by the newspaper caused a scandal.
Recent Examples on the Web Almost the sole interlude of visual interest is a carpet of CG flowers springing to life along a roadside and under the wheels of Narvel’s car during a moment of romantic revelation. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 His efforts as pitch-man on mailers and social media were something of a revelation. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 My favorite way to express this kind of revelation about AI Ethics is to liken the matter to earthquakes. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 The fallout of the MoFi revelation has thrown the audiophile community into something of an existential crisis. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 But the boringness on display via BeReal is also a bit of a revelation. Sarah Todd, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2022 Bannon dismissed the prospect of an explosive new revelation. Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 At 40, Hadreas is six albums into a career that has mapped the gay body as a territory of emotional and sensual revelation. Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022 Fortunately, the world is full of intrepid souls who keep running up that hill of revelation. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English revelacioun, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin revelation-, revelatio, from Latin revelare to reveal

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of revelation was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4549 COCA: 4184
revelation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + REVELATION | REVELATION + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEamazing, astonishing, embarrassing, sensational, shock, shocking, startling, sudden令人驚訝的/驚人的/令人尷尬的/引起轟動的/令人震驚的/駭人聽聞的/突然的揭露big, great大啟示There are no great revelations in the final chapter.最後一章沒有給人什麼大的啟示。fresh, latest, new, recent最新的揭露;近期的揭露;新的披露divine神的啟示He claimed to know these things by divine revelation.他聲稱通過神的啟示知道了這些事情。personal個人的啟示VERB + REVELATIONcome as, prove讓人大開眼界;證明出乎意料To many members of her audience, these performances must have come as a revelation.這些演出肯定會使她的許多觀眾大開眼界。REVELATION + VERBcome內情被披露The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech.就在他要作演講之前幾個小時,令人尷尬的內情被披露了。PREPOSITIONrevelation about, revelation concerning有關⋯的揭露new revelations concerning their private lives對於他們私生活的最新披露revelation for對⋯來說出乎意料The demonstration proved something of a revelation for our teachers.這次示威從某種程度上說出乎我們老師的意料。revelation from來自⋯的啟示He claimed to have had a revelation from God.他聲稱從上帝那兒得到了啟示。revelation to對⋯來說出乎意料His acting ability was a revelation to us all.他的表演才能令我們所有人驚訝。

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