revelatory

英 [ˌrevəˈleɪtəri]

美 [ˈrevələtɔːri]

adj.  启发性的; 启迪人的

BNC.34546 / COCA.21741

牛津词典

adj.

• 启发性的；启迪人的
  making people aware of sth that they did not know before
  1. a revelatory insight
     有启发作用的见解

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 启示性的;揭露性的
  Arevelatoryaccount or statement tells you a lot that you did not know.
  1. ...Barbara Stoney's revelatory account of the author's life.
     芭芭拉·斯托尼对这位作家生活的揭秘

英英释义

adj

• prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
  Synonym:apocalypticapocalyptical
• (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
  1. actions indicative of fear
  Synonym:indicativeindicatorysignificativesuggestive

双语例句

• But more important, imagination gives us a "transformative and revelatory capacity," she said-one "that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."
  但是更重要的是，想象给了我们“改变和变革的能力，”她说-“这让我们能够感觉到和我们完全不同的人的经历”
• Is more travel really going to bring me any closer to revelatory contact with divinity?
  去更多地方旅行真能让我领受更多神启吗？
• It was a revelatory experience for them.
  那是一次对他们很有揭示的经历。
• In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
  从想象力或许是最具改革性和启示作用的能力这点讲，它更是一种能使我们同没有分享过他们经历的人产生共鸣的力量。
• But then I'd had a revelatory conversation with my mother, not long before I'd left for Rome.
  然而，在我动身前往罗马前不久，我和我母亲进行了一场启示性的对谈。
• Amusing and revelatory anecdotes about him, should they bubble up in off-the-record conversations with him or his chief deputy, Boyd Johnson, must be sourced and confirmed elsewhere.
  如果在与巴拉拉本人或他的副手博伊德•约翰逊进行非正式谈话时偶尔冒出一些关于这位检察官的趣闻或启发性的轶事，必须得从别的人那里寻找出处和确认。
• It's a funny and revelatory topic about the relationship of movie and architecture.
  电影与建筑的关系一直是一个有趣而富于启发性的话题。
• The distinction between Mrs. and Miss and its concomitant revelatory features ( Mario Pei)
  夫人和小姐之间的区别及其相伴的显现特征（马里奥佩伊）
• Exploration of Eco-Art, Revelatory of Simon Starling's Eco-Art Works
  生态艺术探讨&SimonStarling作品的启示
• Japan's strongest influences are China and Buddhist-Confucianism, which overlay its own animistic Shinto, a folk religion with no revelatory text.
  影响日本最多的是中国及佛教与儒教，这些影响覆盖在了日本本土的神道教之上&神道教是一种没有书面经文的民间宗教。