apocalyptic

adjective

/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/

/əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/

describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events描述（历史）大动乱的；预示（未来）大灾变的
- an apocalyptic view of history对历史极其悲观的观点
- apocalyptic warnings of the end of society对社会末日骇人听闻的预警
like the end of the world似末世的；像世界末日的
- an apocalyptic scene末世景象

词源early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting St. John, the writer of the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation in the Bible): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.

词汇	apocalyptic
释义	apocalyptic adjective /əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/ /əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/ describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events描述（历史）大动乱的；预示（未来）大灾变的 an apocalyptic view of history对历史极其悲观的观点 apocalyptic warnings of the end of society对社会末日骇人听闻的预警 like the end of the world似末世的；像世界末日的 an apocalyptic scene末世景象词源early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting St. John, the writer of the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation in the Bible): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
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