revelation
US: /ˌɹɛvəˈɫeɪʃən/
UK: /ɹˌɛvɪlˈeɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
revelation /,revi'leiʃn/- danh từ
- sự để lộ, sự tiết lộ, sự phát giác, sự khám phá (vật bị giấu, điều bí mật...)
- (tôn giáo) sự soi rạng, thiên khải
- (tôn giáo) (the revelation) sách khải huyền (cuốn cuối cùng của bộ kinh Tân ước)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] ~ (about / concerning sth)
~ (that ...) a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising: startling / sensational revelations about her private life + He was dismissed after revelations that confidential files were missing.
2 [U] ~ (of sth) the act of making people aware of sth that has been secret: The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal.
3 [C, U] something that is considered to be a sign or message from God: These events were seen as a divine revelation.
See also -
Idioms: come as / be a revelation (to sb) to be a completely new or surprising experience; to be different from what was expected: His performance in the race today was a revelation to everyone. + My trip to Texas was a revelation.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
news, information, proclamation, publication, bulletin, communiqué, announcement, pronouncement, declaration, statement, leak; admission, confession; discovery, unveiling, uncovering, exposure, disclosure, exposé:
We were shocked at the revelation that they had been married all these years. Scientists' revelations about the depletion of the ozone layer are causing widespread concern.
Collocation
ADJ.
amazing, astonishing, devastating, embarrassing, sensational, shattering, shock, startling, sudden | fresh, latest, recent | divine
He claimed to know these things by divine revelation.
QUANT.
flash
A sudden flash of revelation came to him.
VERB + REVELATION
come as, prove
To many younger members of her audience, these performances must have come as a revelation.
REVELATION + VERB
come
The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech.
PREP.
~ about/concerning
fresh revelations concerning their private lives
| ~ for
The demonstration proved something of a revelation for our teachers.
| ~ from
He claimed to have had a revelation from God.
| ~ to
His acting ability was a revelation to us all.
Concise dictionary
revelations‚revə'leɪʃnnoun
+the speech act of making something evident
+an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
+communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
+the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle
