apocalypse
noun /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
/əˈpɑːkəlɪps/
- [singular, uncountable] the destruction of the world
世界毁灭 - Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
- Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
- the Apocalypse[singular] the end of the world, as described in the Bible
(《圣经》所述的)末世 - [singular] a situation causing very serious damage and destruction
大动乱;大灾变 - an environmental apocalypse
环境大灾变
- an environmental apocalypse
词源Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.