apocalypse是什么意思？

apocalypse

英[əˈpɒkəlɪps] 美[əˈpɑkəlɪps]

• n. 世界毁灭，大灾变，末世；

复数：apocalypses;

例句

• Palm trees remind me the bombing scenes in Apocalypse Now. 会安的棕榈树,让我联想到《现代启示录》的轰炸场面.
• It's Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now. 那是《现代启示录》里的《狂热的瓦格纳》.
• We live in the shadow of the apocalypse, of a catastrophe that will mean the end of the world itself. 我们生活在意味着世界末日将要到来的灾难的阴影当中。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  世界覆灭；世界末日
  The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
  例句
  We live in the shadow of the apocalypse, of a catastrophe that will mean the end of the world itself. 我们生活在意味着世界末日将要到来的灾难的阴影当中。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil