a·poc·a·lyp·tic

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

Word Originearly 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’.

单词	apocalyptic
释义	a·poc·a·lyp·tic 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 Word Originearly 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’.
随便看	give sb a good run for their money give sb a hard time give sb a mouthful give sb a piece of mind give sb a piece of your mind give sb a ring give sb a run for money give sb a run for their money give sb a shout give sb a turn give sb enough rope give sb five give sb gyp give sb hell give sb the benefit of the doubt give sb the cold shoulder give sb the creeps give sb the elbow give sb the finger give sb their cards give sb their head give sb their marching orders give sb the runaround give sb the shaft give sb the slip