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revelation n.显示,揭露,被揭露的事,新发现,启示,揭示 It is not a surprise that the word revelation is related to the word reveal, because revealing is the action of showing something that was previously covered up or unknown. You can even use both words in the same sentence: "You might find it a revelation if someone revealed to you that your house was sitting on top of a gold mine!" ★★☆☆☆ 2015.4

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[revə'leiʃ(ə)n] Discovering that you had a long-lost sister would definitely be a revelation, or a surprising realization. Finding out she had been living in the house next door for years would be an even more startling revelation! One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, wow little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired wow the stories arrived. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]被揭示的真相；被揭露的内情 A revelation is a surprising or interesting fact that is made known to people.   [oft N about n]...the seemingly everlasting revelations about his private life.对他的私生活看似没完没了的曝光...the revelation that William had survived the initial attack.威廉在首次袭击中幸存下来的惊人内幕2[N-VAR 可变名词]揭露；披露；透露 The revelation of something is the act of making it known.   [oft N of n]...following the revelation of his affair with a former secretary...在他和前秘书的私情被揭露之后Further revelations are expected.人们期待着真相的进一步披露。3[N-SING 单数名词]意想不到的事物；非常好的事物 If you say that something you experienced was a revelation, you are saying that it was very surprising or very good.   [a N]The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation...这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。Degas's work had been a revelation to her.德加的作品曾经让她大开眼界。4[N-VAR 可变名词](上帝的)启示，默示 A divine revelation is a sign or explanation from God about his nature or purpose. The whole system was based on divine revelation in the Scriptures.整个体系都建立在《圣经》的神圣启示的基础之上。

英语单词	revelation
英美音标	[revə'leiʃ(ə)n]
中文释义	n.显示,揭露,被揭露的事,新发现,启示,揭示
vocab简明	Discovering that you had a long-lost sister would definitely be a revelation, or a surprising realization. Finding out she had been living in the house next door for years would be an even more startling revelation!
vocab扩展	It is not a surprise that the word revelation is related to the word reveal, because revealing is the action of showing something that was previously covered up or unknown. You can even use both words in the same sentence: "You might find it a revelation if someone revealed to you that your house was sitting on top of a gold mine!"
真题原句	One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, wow little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired wow the stories arrived.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]被揭示的真相；被揭露的内情 A revelation is a surprising or interesting fact that is made known to people. [oft N about n] ...the seemingly everlasting revelations about his private life. 对他的私生活看似没完没了的曝光 ...the revelation that William had survived the initial attack. 威廉在首次袭击中幸存下来的惊人内幕 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]揭露；披露；透露 The revelation of something is the act of making it known. [oft N of n] ...following the revelation of his affair with a former secretary... 在他和前秘书的私情被揭露之后 Further revelations are expected. 人们期待着真相的进一步披露。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]意想不到的事物；非常好的事物 If you say that something you experienced was a revelation, you are saying that it was very surprising or very good. [a N] The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation... 这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。 Degas's work had been a revelation to her. 德加的作品曾经让她大开眼界。 4 [N-VAR 可变名词](上帝的)启示，默示 A divine revelation is a sign or explanation from God about his nature or purpose. The whole system was based on divine revelation in the Scriptures. 整个体系都建立在《圣经》的神圣启示的基础之上。
来源	2015.4

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