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单词 revelation
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revelationnoun [ C or U ]

uk/ˌrev.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrev.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

C2 the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known:

a moment of revelation
[ + that ] His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.
Shocking revelations about their private life appeared in the papers.
come as/be a revelation

C2 to be an extremely pleasant surprise:

This book came as a complete revelation to me.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Revealing secrets & becoming known

  • (the) word is/gets out idiom
  • bare
  • be the talk of the town idiom
  • break cover idiom
  • cat
  • dob sb in
  • fink
  • get around (somewhere)
  • give sth away
  • King's evidence
  • leak
  • let the cat out of the bag idiom
  • open your heart to someone idiom
  • sneak
  • spill the beans idiom
  • take the wraps off sth idiom
  • tell on sb
  • tongues wagging idiom
  • turn
  • unmask

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Surprising and shocking

revelationnoun [ C/U ]

us/ˌrev·əˈleɪ·ʃən/

the act of making known something that was secret, or a fact that has been made known:

[ C ] The first planet discovered around an ordinary star was a strange and unexpected revelation.
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