apocalyptic
/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/adjective
1- describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world描述(或预示)世界末日的:
the apocalyptic visions of ecologists.
生态学家所描述的世界末日景象。
1.1
- resembling the end of the world; momentous or catastrophic像是世界末日的; 重大的; 严重的; 灾难性的:
the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions.
两国间的争斗达到了灾难性的程度。
1.2
- of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse(与)《圣经·启示录》(有关)的; 像《圣经·启示录》中描述的:
apocalyptic imagery.
像《圣经·启示录》中描述的世界末日的景象。
派生词
apocalyptically
adverb词源
early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the writer of the Apocalypse, St. John): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein 'uncover' (see APOCALYPSE).