单词	apocalypse
释义	apocalypsea‧poc‧a‧lypse /əˈpɒkəlɪps $ əˈpɑː-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINapocalypse Origin: 1200-1300 Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek, from apokalyptein ‘to uncover’, from apo- ‘away from, off’ + kalyptein ‘to cover’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Several leading scientists are predicting an environmental apocalypse. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I was certain something like it would come, something like an apocalypse. Perhaps the most conspicuous flaw in reports of ecological apocalypse is lack of information. The shares are extremely good value for investors, short of a stock market apocalypse. This declared that the whole affair was' a godsend, a windfall, an apocalypse for Mr. Ruskin. 1the apocalypse the destruction and end of the world:  anti-nuclear protesters who fear the apocalypse2a situation in which a lot of people die or suffer, and a lot of damage is done:  A lot of investors now fear a stock market apocalypse.
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