revelation

[rɛvl'eiʃən]

n.揭露, 泄露, 发觉, 启示

例句与用法：

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our error of youth for those of aged.

经验是一项启示，我们按照它来舍去年轻时(所犯的)错误而代之以年老时的错误。

The President is at the center of a recent scandal over revelation about his financial interests.

总统因近来被揭露涉嫌金融权益问题而成为丑闻的主角。

Have you read the ex-minister's amazing revelations in the newspaper?

你看了前任部长在报上揭露的那些惊人的事实没有？

The revelation of his scandalous past led to his resignation.

他那不光彩历史的揭露导致了他的辞职。

详细释义：

n.

1. 揭示; 暴露; 显示[U][C]

2. 被揭露的真相[C][+(that)]

The revelation that he was her father astonished her.

他就是她父亲, 这一意想不到的真相使她大为震惊。

3. 出乎意料的事[S][(+to)]

4. 天启, 神示[C][U]

5. (大写)《启示录》(《圣经・新约》的末卷)[the S][the P]