Definition of apocalypse in English:

apocalypse

noun əˈpɒkəlɪpsəˈpɑkəˌlɪps

1The complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation.
（尤指《圣经·启示录》中描述的）世界末日
the bell's ringing is supposed to usher in the Apocalypse
Example sentencesExamples
- Is that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse we can see in the distance?
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are standing off in the distance, giggling at us.
- In the scenes from the Apocalypse or from Serbian myths and legends, drama and exaltation prevail.
- These ominous odes rumble like the storm clouds before the apocalypse and will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
- The Apocalypse was drawing near and all he could do to stop it was kill.
- In all three, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride rampant.
- In a column a few days ago I mentioned the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of whom is Pestilence.
- The Apocalypse has come from under cover and is therefore apparent in the Book of Revelations.
- There is no hero worship of the leader, no particularly unusual rituals, no millennial apocalypses or anything else that would set off alarm bells.
- The sad thing about people who confidently predict the apocalypse is that they look so foolish when it fails to materialise.
- For someone who's supposed to bring about the Apocalypse, Promethea has a wicked sense of humour.
- Rolin rushed through the next seven hours as though the Apocalypse was coming.
- All that lay ahead was the seventh age, the period of the Apocalypse and the end of history.
- My sleep is disturbed by visions of the apocalypse, with a kind of ridiculousness that wakes me.
- The batty old lady had made the mistake of incurring the wrath of the Riders of the Apocalypse, and she paid for that within the second.
- Although for Newton the Apocalypse would be accompanied by plagues and war, it would be the storm before the calm.
- The Catholic view of the Apocalypse was that it would begin with an event known as the rapture.
- Unless you count the first two signs of The Apocalypse that suddenly appeared during the course of the day.
1. 1.1 (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation.
  （尤指拉丁文《圣经》中的）《启示录》
2An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.
大动乱，大灾变
the apocalypse of World War II
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the years, peace activism has grown stronger and more vocal, thus reducing chances of any man-made apocalypses.
- It is important to realise that the earthquake was not a total apocalypse.
- It was the nearest thing to an apocalypse Europe has ever seen, Simon says.
- It is perhaps apocalyptic only in its contiguity with the chaos of actual war and the apocalypse of the First World War.
- As ever, Roth has the ability to suggest a vast historical catastrophe through the tiny apocalypses of ordinary life, which he renders with all of Baudelaire's poetic acuity.
- That was the food supply on which we were going to subsist after the apocalypse.
- How could the legal owners of this stuff perceive file sharing as anything other than an apocalypse for their business?
- They say an apocalypse is coming and, after so much destruction, many suspect it has already started.
- It is very difficult to sum up in a few phrases the kind of apocalypses that this country is facing.
- The day we have a low tide during which sea doesn't ‘recede’ is the day of a serious apocalypse.
- These modernist writers wrote at what they took to be a moment of transition, between two apocalypses, one historical - and thus merely destructive - and one to be imagined.
- While monsters, anti-Christs, and the Virgin herself appeared in the countryside, apocalypses were prophesied in capitals.
- Later, it describes the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse and the last flight of death over the scorched land.
- Science treasures its own apocalypses, but the writer claims that the modern environmental movement lacks a sense of redemption and is therefore destined to remain in the political margins.
- The Guardian has noted the floods and the fuel crisis, and is asking Can You Survive the British Apocalypse?
- More pertinently, the pair have a way of pinpointing, with unerring accuracy, the simple poignant moments in life: personal and global apocalypses are all part of the parcel.
- In his greed for world domination he has initiated the very apocalypse he sought to avoid.
- But no matter what further compromise is reached, some will still regard it as the apocalypse.
- People's worlds end all the time; lots of people have personal apocalypses on a daily basis.
- We must maintain our visions, prophesy hope, and remain faithful and committed to the struggle, even and especially when facing so many daily apocalypses and forms of death.

Origin

Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein 'uncover, reveal', from apo- 'un-' + kaluptein 'to cover'.

Definition of apocalypse in US English:

apocalypse

nounəˈpäkəˌlipsəˈpɑkəˌlɪps

1the ApocalypseThe complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation.
（尤指《圣经·启示录》中描述的）世界末日
See also Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Example sentencesExamples
- In all three, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride rampant.
- There is no hero worship of the leader, no particularly unusual rituals, no millennial apocalypses or anything else that would set off alarm bells.
- The sad thing about people who confidently predict the apocalypse is that they look so foolish when it fails to materialise.
- Rolin rushed through the next seven hours as though the Apocalypse was coming.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are standing off in the distance, giggling at us.
- In a column a few days ago I mentioned the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of whom is Pestilence.
- These ominous odes rumble like the storm clouds before the apocalypse and will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
- The Apocalypse has come from under cover and is therefore apparent in the Book of Revelations.
- In the scenes from the Apocalypse or from Serbian myths and legends, drama and exaltation prevail.
- Is that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse we can see in the distance?
- For someone who's supposed to bring about the Apocalypse, Promethea has a wicked sense of humour.
- The batty old lady had made the mistake of incurring the wrath of the Riders of the Apocalypse, and she paid for that within the second.
- My sleep is disturbed by visions of the apocalypse, with a kind of ridiculousness that wakes me.
- The Catholic view of the Apocalypse was that it would begin with an event known as the rapture.
- Unless you count the first two signs of The Apocalypse that suddenly appeared during the course of the day.
- The Apocalypse was drawing near and all he could do to stop it was kill.
- Although for Newton the Apocalypse would be accompanied by plagues and war, it would be the storm before the calm.
- All that lay ahead was the seventh age, the period of the Apocalypse and the end of history.
1. 1.1the Apocalypse (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation.
  （尤指拉丁文《圣经》中的）《启示录》
2An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.
大动乱，大灾变
a stock market apocalypse
股市崩盘。
an era of ecological apocalypse
Example sentencesExamples
- We must maintain our visions, prophesy hope, and remain faithful and committed to the struggle, even and especially when facing so many daily apocalypses and forms of death.
- It is important to realise that the earthquake was not a total apocalypse.
- How could the legal owners of this stuff perceive file sharing as anything other than an apocalypse for their business?
- That was the food supply on which we were going to subsist after the apocalypse.
- Later, it describes the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse and the last flight of death over the scorched land.
- It is perhaps apocalyptic only in its contiguity with the chaos of actual war and the apocalypse of the First World War.
- They say an apocalypse is coming and, after so much destruction, many suspect it has already started.
- As ever, Roth has the ability to suggest a vast historical catastrophe through the tiny apocalypses of ordinary life, which he renders with all of Baudelaire's poetic acuity.
- Science treasures its own apocalypses, but the writer claims that the modern environmental movement lacks a sense of redemption and is therefore destined to remain in the political margins.
- In his greed for world domination he has initiated the very apocalypse he sought to avoid.
- These modernist writers wrote at what they took to be a moment of transition, between two apocalypses, one historical - and thus merely destructive - and one to be imagined.
- But no matter what further compromise is reached, some will still regard it as the apocalypse.
- Over the years, peace activism has grown stronger and more vocal, thus reducing chances of any man-made apocalypses.
- The day we have a low tide during which sea doesn't ‘recede’ is the day of a serious apocalypse.
- It was the nearest thing to an apocalypse Europe has ever seen, Simon says.
- While monsters, anti-Christs, and the Virgin herself appeared in the countryside, apocalypses were prophesied in capitals.
- It is very difficult to sum up in a few phrases the kind of apocalypses that this country is facing.
- People's worlds end all the time; lots of people have personal apocalypses on a daily basis.
- The Guardian has noted the floods and the fuel crisis, and is asking Can You Survive the British Apocalypse?
- More pertinently, the pair have a way of pinpointing, with unerring accuracy, the simple poignant moments in life: personal and global apocalypses are all part of the parcel.

Origin

Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.

单词	apocalypse
释义	Definition of apocalypse in English: apocalypse noun əˈpɒkəlɪpsəˈpɑkəˌlɪps 1The complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation. （尤指《圣经·启示录》中描述的）世界末日 the bell's ringing is supposed to usher in the Apocalypse Example sentencesExamples Is that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse we can see in the distance? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are standing off in the distance, giggling at us. In the scenes from the Apocalypse or from Serbian myths and legends, drama and exaltation prevail. These ominous odes rumble like the storm clouds before the apocalypse and will have you laughing and crying at the same time. The Apocalypse was drawing near and all he could do to stop it was kill. In all three, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride rampant. In a column a few days ago I mentioned the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of whom is Pestilence. The Apocalypse has come from under cover and is therefore apparent in the Book of Revelations. There is no hero worship of the leader, no particularly unusual rituals, no millennial apocalypses or anything else that would set off alarm bells. The sad thing about people who confidently predict the apocalypse is that they look so foolish when it fails to materialise. For someone who's supposed to bring about the Apocalypse, Promethea has a wicked sense of humour. Rolin rushed through the next seven hours as though the Apocalypse was coming. All that lay ahead was the seventh age, the period of the Apocalypse and the end of history. My sleep is disturbed by visions of the apocalypse, with a kind of ridiculousness that wakes me. The batty old lady had made the mistake of incurring the wrath of the Riders of the Apocalypse, and she paid for that within the second. Although for Newton the Apocalypse would be accompanied by plagues and war, it would be the storm before the calm. The Catholic view of the Apocalypse was that it would begin with an event known as the rapture. Unless you count the first two signs of The Apocalypse that suddenly appeared during the course of the day. 1.1 (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation. （尤指拉丁文《圣经》中的）《启示录》 2An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale. 大动乱，大灾变 the apocalypse of World War II Example sentencesExamples Over the years, peace activism has grown stronger and more vocal, thus reducing chances of any man-made apocalypses. It is important to realise that the earthquake was not a total apocalypse. It was the nearest thing to an apocalypse Europe has ever seen, Simon says. It is perhaps apocalyptic only in its contiguity with the chaos of actual war and the apocalypse of the First World War. As ever, Roth has the ability to suggest a vast historical catastrophe through the tiny apocalypses of ordinary life, which he renders with all of Baudelaire's poetic acuity. That was the food supply on which we were going to subsist after the apocalypse. How could the legal owners of this stuff perceive file sharing as anything other than an apocalypse for their business? They say an apocalypse is coming and, after so much destruction, many suspect it has already started. It is very difficult to sum up in a few phrases the kind of apocalypses that this country is facing. The day we have a low tide during which sea doesn't ‘recede’ is the day of a serious apocalypse. These modernist writers wrote at what they took to be a moment of transition, between two apocalypses, one historical - and thus merely destructive - and one to be imagined. While monsters, anti-Christs, and the Virgin herself appeared in the countryside, apocalypses were prophesied in capitals. Later, it describes the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse and the last flight of death over the scorched land. Science treasures its own apocalypses, but the writer claims that the modern environmental movement lacks a sense of redemption and is therefore destined to remain in the political margins. The Guardian has noted the floods and the fuel crisis, and is asking Can You Survive the British Apocalypse? More pertinently, the pair have a way of pinpointing, with unerring accuracy, the simple poignant moments in life: personal and global apocalypses are all part of the parcel. In his greed for world domination he has initiated the very apocalypse he sought to avoid. But no matter what further compromise is reached, some will still regard it as the apocalypse. People's worlds end all the time; lots of people have personal apocalypses on a daily basis. We must maintain our visions, prophesy hope, and remain faithful and committed to the struggle, even and especially when facing so many daily apocalypses and forms of death. Origin Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein 'uncover, reveal', from apo- 'un-' + kaluptein 'to cover'. Definition of apocalypse in US English: apocalypse nounəˈpäkəˌlipsəˈpɑkəˌlɪps 1the ApocalypseThe complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation. （尤指《圣经·启示录》中描述的）世界末日 See also Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Example sentencesExamples In all three, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride rampant. There is no hero worship of the leader, no particularly unusual rituals, no millennial apocalypses or anything else that would set off alarm bells. The sad thing about people who confidently predict the apocalypse is that they look so foolish when it fails to materialise. Rolin rushed through the next seven hours as though the Apocalypse was coming. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are standing off in the distance, giggling at us. In a column a few days ago I mentioned the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of whom is Pestilence. These ominous odes rumble like the storm clouds before the apocalypse and will have you laughing and crying at the same time. The Apocalypse has come from under cover and is therefore apparent in the Book of Revelations. In the scenes from the Apocalypse or from Serbian myths and legends, drama and exaltation prevail. Is that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse we can see in the distance? For someone who's supposed to bring about the Apocalypse, Promethea has a wicked sense of humour. The batty old lady had made the mistake of incurring the wrath of the Riders of the Apocalypse, and she paid for that within the second. My sleep is disturbed by visions of the apocalypse, with a kind of ridiculousness that wakes me. The Catholic view of the Apocalypse was that it would begin with an event known as the rapture. Unless you count the first two signs of The Apocalypse that suddenly appeared during the course of the day. The Apocalypse was drawing near and all he could do to stop it was kill. Although for Newton the Apocalypse would be accompanied by plagues and war, it would be the storm before the calm. All that lay ahead was the seventh age, the period of the Apocalypse and the end of history. 1.1the Apocalypse (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation. （尤指拉丁文《圣经》中的）《启示录》 2An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale. 大动乱，大灾变 a stock market apocalypse 股市崩盘。 an era of ecological apocalypse Example sentencesExamples We must maintain our visions, prophesy hope, and remain faithful and committed to the struggle, even and especially when facing so many daily apocalypses and forms of death. It is important to realise that the earthquake was not a total apocalypse. How could the legal owners of this stuff perceive file sharing as anything other than an apocalypse for their business? That was the food supply on which we were going to subsist after the apocalypse. Later, it describes the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse and the last flight of death over the scorched land. It is perhaps apocalyptic only in its contiguity with the chaos of actual war and the apocalypse of the First World War. They say an apocalypse is coming and, after so much destruction, many suspect it has already started. As ever, Roth has the ability to suggest a vast historical catastrophe through the tiny apocalypses of ordinary life, which he renders with all of Baudelaire's poetic acuity. Science treasures its own apocalypses, but the writer claims that the modern environmental movement lacks a sense of redemption and is therefore destined to remain in the political margins. In his greed for world domination he has initiated the very apocalypse he sought to avoid. These modernist writers wrote at what they took to be a moment of transition, between two apocalypses, one historical - and thus merely destructive - and one to be imagined. But no matter what further compromise is reached, some will still regard it as the apocalypse. Over the years, peace activism has grown stronger and more vocal, thus reducing chances of any man-made apocalypses. The day we have a low tide during which sea doesn't ‘recede’ is the day of a serious apocalypse. It was the nearest thing to an apocalypse Europe has ever seen, Simon says. While monsters, anti-Christs, and the Virgin herself appeared in the countryside, apocalypses were prophesied in capitals. It is very difficult to sum up in a few phrases the kind of apocalypses that this country is facing. People's worlds end all the time; lots of people have personal apocalypses on a daily basis. The Guardian has noted the floods and the fuel crisis, and is asking Can You Survive the British Apocalypse? More pertinently, the pair have a way of pinpointing, with unerring accuracy, the simple poignant moments in life: personal and global apocalypses are all part of the parcel. Origin Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
随便看	be caught in be caught in be caught in a cleft stick be caught in a time warp be caught short be caught short because be caused by because of because of because of that because of this/that be cautious be cautious of beccafico beccaficos be ceded be celebrated be censured be certain be certain to be certified be chagrined be chagrined be chairman/chairwoman/chairperson