revelation
n. [宗]天启,启示; 揭发,暴露; 被揭露出来的事物; 意外的发现
A revelation is a surprising or interesting fact that is made known to people.
...the seemingly everlasting revelations about his private life.
对他的私生活看似没完没了的曝光
...the revelation that William had survived the initial attack.
威廉在首次袭击中幸存下来的惊人内幕
The revelation of something is the act of making it known.
...following the revelation of his affair with a former secretary...
在他和前秘书的私情被揭露之后
Further revelations are expected.
人们期待着真相的进一步披露。
If you say that something you experienced was a revelation, you are saying that it was very surprising or very good.
The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation...
这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。
Degas's work had been a revelation to her.
德加的作品曾经让她大开眼界。
A divine revelation is a sign or explanation from God about his nature or purpose.
The whole system was based on divine revelation in the Scriptures.
整个体系都建立在《圣经》的神圣启示的基础之上。
1. the speech act of making something evident
2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
3. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
Literature is the reflection of real life and the revelation of the artistic pulse of periods.
文艺是现实生活的反映,是时代脉搏的艺术再现.
But this week's revelation may show that America has underestimated its Chinese rival.
但是本周的事件却表明:美国低估了他的中国对手.
Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.
索姆斯解释说,即使及早透露经理的欺骗行为也无济于事.
But through metaphor, he crammed layers of meaning together to produce flashes of revelation.
但是透过隐喻, 他利用图层的重叠创作出稍纵即逝的意念.
The revelation of his scandalous past led to his resignation.
他那不光彩的历史的揭露导致了他的辞职.