名詞 revelation:

1. the speech act of making something evident
   同義詞：disclosure, revealing
2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
3. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
4. the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle
   同義詞：Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation

1. Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our error of youth for those of aged.
   經驗是一項啟示，我們按照它來舍去年輕時(所犯的)錯誤而代之以年老時的錯誤。
2. The President is at the center of a recent scandal over revelation about his financial interests.
   總統(tǒng)因近來被揭露涉嫌金融權益問題而成為丑聞的主角。
3. Have you read the ex-minister's amazing revelations in the newspaper?
   你看了前任部長在報上揭露的那些驚人的事實沒有？
4. The revelation of his scandalous past led to his resignation.
   他那不光彩歷史的揭露導致了他的辭職。

rev.e.la.tion

n.（名詞）

The act of revealing or disclosing.
顯示，揭露：顯示或揭露的行為
Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.
被揭示的真相：被顯露的東西，尤指早先未知或未認識到的東西的戲劇性揭露
Theology A manifestation of divine will or truth.
【神學】 啟示，默示：神意或神的真義的顯現
Revelation Abbr. Rev.,Rv.Bible See table at Bible
Revelation 縮寫 Rev.,Rv.【圣經】 參見 Bible

來源：
Middle English revelacion
中古英語 revelacion
from Old French revelation
源自 古法語 revelation
from Latin revôl3tiô revôl3tiôn-
源自 拉丁語 revôl3tiô revôl3tiôn-
from revôl3tus [past participle of] revôl3re [to reveal] * see reveal
源自 revôl3tus [] revôl3re的過去分詞 [顯露] *參見 reveal