apocalyptic

英 [əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk]

美 [əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk]

adj.  描述(历史)大动乱的; 预示(未来)大灾变的; 似末世的; 像世界末日的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19884 / COCA.12862

牛津词典

adj.

• 描述（历史）大动乱的；预示（未来）大灾变的
  describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events
  1. an apocalyptic view of history
     对历史抱极其悲观的观点
  2. apocalyptic warnings of the end of society
     对社会末日骇人听闻的预警
• 似末世的；像世界末日的
  like the end of the world
  1. an apocalyptic scene
     末世景象

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 毁灭性的；世界末日的
  Apocalypticmeans relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
  1. ...the reformer's apocalyptic warnings that the nation was running out of natural resources.
     改革者发出的国家自然资源即将枯竭的末世警诫
• ADJ-GRADED 预示世界末日的；预示世界覆灭的；预示大灾难的
  Apocalypticmeans relating to or involving predictions about future disasters and the destruction of the world.
  1. ...a gloomy and apocalyptic vision of a world hastening towards ruin.
     未来世界加速迈向毁灭的暗淡而恐怖的景象

英英释义

adj

• prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
  Synonym:apocalypticalrevelatory
• of or relating to an apocalypse

双语例句

• Most of the prophetical Apocrypha are apocalyptic in form.
  大多数是世界末日的预言伪经的形式。
• Revelation is the only canonical representative of a large genre of early Christian apocalyptic literature.
  早期基督教曾出现许多启示著作，“启示录”是这类作品唯一的正典代表。
• All of the earliest followers of Jesus seemed to have been apocalyptic minded Jews, and that's the beginning of early Christianity.
  所有耶稣最早的信徒，似乎都是具有启示思维犹太人，这就是早期基督教的开始。
• It is an exciting, well-paced action-thriller with apocalyptic, and adventure story elements.
  它扣人心弦，节奏紧凑，是一部预示了世界末日恐怖景象和带有冒险故事成分的动作片。
• The apocalyptic narrative may have helped to start the motor of capitalism.
  末日天启论的叙述或许帮助了资本主义的马达开动。
• So the last thing is: what does the apocalyptic do here?
  所以最后一点是：天启论在这里有什么作用？
• Behind these attitudes sits the assumption that apocalyptic thought belongs-or had better belong-to the extremities of human experience.
  支持这些看法的是一个假定：末日天启的想法属于，或者最好是属于人类宗教经验的极端范畴。
• Well, to some extent your guess is as good as mine, except that I know a bit more about ancient Jewish apocalyptic, and so I have a few resources to draw on.
  你们猜的和我猜的差不多了，但我知道多一点古犹太天启论的内容，所以我有一些可以参考的知识。
• Jesus also preached the imminent end of the current era of history, or even the literal end of the world and in this sense he was an apocalyptic preacher.
  耶稣也鼓吹当前这个历史时期即将来临的终结，或者即使是这个世界的终结是字面的意思，但在这种情况下，他是一个启示性的先知。
• Any suffering that you have, he says, chalk it up to the suffering that comes with the apocalyptic fire this is testing you, again just endure it.
  他说，你遭受的任何苦难，记到随天启之火而来的苦难的账上，这是在考验你，再一次忍受之。