revelation
/ˌrevəˈleɪʃən/noun
1
- a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way出人意料的真相透露, 揭露的惊人内幕：
revelations about his personal life.
他个人生活的内幕揭秘。
1.1
- mass noun the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown揭露, 暴露, 泄露, 透露：
the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king.
对传说中暗杀国王阴谋的透露。
1.2
- used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something惊人的新发现：
seeing them play at international level was a revelation.
看到他们打出国际水平, 真是大大出乎人们意料。
2
- mass noun the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world（上帝或超自然力的）启示：
an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation
对达尔文的进化论和《圣经》启示进行调和的尝试
count noun a divine revelation.天启, 神示。
2.1
- （Revelation 或〈非正式〉Revelations）（全称the Revelation of St John the Divine）the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John《启示录》（《圣经·新约》末卷, 讲述上帝对圣约翰有关未来的启示）。
派生词
revelational
adjective词源
Middle English (in the theoological sense)： from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio（n-）, from revelare 'lay bare' （see REVEAL1）. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.