| 单词 | revelation |
| 释义 | revelation (once / 419 pages) n Discovering that you had a long-lost sister would definitely be a revelation, or a surprising realization. Finding out she had been living in the house next door for years would be an even more startling revelation! It is not a surprise that the word revelation is related to the word reveal, because revealing is the action of showing something that was previously covered up or unknown. You can even use both words in the same sentence: "You might find it a revelation if someone revealed to you that your house was sitting on top of a gold mine!" WORD FAMILYrevelation: revelations+/reveal: revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelatory/revealed: unrevealed/revealing: revealingly, revealings USAGE EXAMPLESThat revelation called into question to what extent Whaley is kept in the loop. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) And a few of them performed some of the more hilarious contortions seen on the campaign trail to deflect attention from the damaging revelations. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) The questions around him center on two revelations about his medical history. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the act of making something evident Syn|Hypo|Hyper disclosure, revealing singing, tattle, telling disclosing information or giving evidence about another displaybehavior that makes your feelings public divulgement, divulgencethe act of disclosing something that was secret or private discoverysomething that is discovered discovery(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case giveawayan unintentional disclosure informing, rattingto furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) leak, news leakunauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information exposurethe disclosure of something secret histrionicsa deliberate display of emotion for effect productiona display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated sackcloth and ashesa display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief expose, unmaskingthe exposure of an impostor or a fraud muckrakingthe exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) speech act the use of language to perform some act 2n an enlightening or astonishing disclosure Hyper brainstorm, brainwave, insight the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation 3n communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency Syn|Hyper divine revelation informing, making known a speech act that conveys information Revelation (once / 3087 pages) n WORD FAMILY Revelation: Revelations USAGE EXAMPLESBuried like a jewel in Alvin Ailey’s 1960 masterpiece “Revelations” is a searing male solo set to the spiritual “I Wanna Be Ready.” New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Revelations of typos and biased reasoning should make authors uncomfortable. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) “I was onstage in ‘Revelations,’ and I could feel it slide down to my wrist, during the opening section,” Clark says. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) n the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle Syn|Exp Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine book a major division of a long written composition |
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