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apocalypse

noun
🔊/əˈpɒkəlɪps/
🔊/əˈpɑːkəlɪps/
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  1. [singular, uncountable] the destruction of the world世界毁灭
    • Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。🔊🔊
  2. the Apocalypse
     [singular] the end of the world, as described in the Bible（《圣经》所述的）末世
  3. [singular] a situation causing very serious damage and destruction大动乱；大灾变
    • an environmental apocalypse环境大灾变
    4. Word OriginOld English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.