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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   revelation

   • IPA[ˌrevəˈlāSH(ə)n]

   美式

   • n.
     a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way；the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown

   • noun: revelation, plural noun: revelations

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way revelations about his personal life 同義詞 disclosure, surprising fact, divulgence, declaration, utterance, ... 更多announcement, report, news, leak, avowal, acknowledgment, admission, confession
   • ▪ the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king 同義詞 divulging, divulgence, telling, disclosure, disclosing, ... 更多letting slip, letting out, letting drop, giving away, giving out, leaking, leak, betrayal, unveiling, making known, making public, bringing to public notice/attention, broadcasting, airing, publicizing, publication, publishing, circulation, dissemination, passing on, proclamation, announcing, announcement, reporting, report, declaring, declaration, posting, communication, imparting, unfolding, vouchsafing, admission, confession, raredivulgation, uncovering, turning up, exposure, exposing, bringing to light, unearthing, digging up, unveiling, unmasking, smoking out, detecting, detection反義詞 keeping, covering up
   • ▪ used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something seeing them play at international level was a revelation
   • 2. the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation a divine revelation
   • ▪ the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St. John.