apocalypse
发音
英 [əˈpɒkəlɪps]
美 [əˈpɑkəlɪps]
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- n.
- 世界毁灭
- 大灾变
- 末世
单词词源
apocalypse 世界末日
前缀apo-, 离开,非。-calypse, 隐藏,同词根kel,隐藏,见cell, hole. 宗教用语,指揭露,描述世界末日的景象。
双语例句
- 1. Point is : there are a lot of places where the apocalypse has already happened .
- 问题在于:有很多地方已经有了启示。
- 2. Shadows fall across the horsemen of the apocalypse .
- 阴影落在天启骑士身上。
- 3. Like director john hillcoat and novelist cormac mccarthy 's similarly crushing the road , children of men 's banal apocalypse is a wake-up call in search of seeking minds .
- 正如导演约翰希尔科特和编剧考麦克麦卡锡所制作的同类型大片《末日危途》一样,《人类之子》的启示录是我们在搜寻思维类电影的一记重锤。
- 4. For doomsayers , gold has become a particularly potent talisman : a bulwark against the coming apocalypse .
- 在末日论者看来,黄金是极为有用的护身符:一座抵御启示录前景的堡垒。
- 5. Europe 's energy commissioner guenther oettinger went further and dubbed the nuclear disaster an " apocalypse " , saying tokyo had almost lost control of events at the fukushima plant .
- 欧洲能源委员会委员奥廷格将此次核灾难称为“现代启示录”,他说日本已经几乎失去对福岛核电站的控制。