【apocalypse】 - A-level备考词汇

apocalypse

UK:  [ə'pɒkə.lɪps]

US:  [ə'pɑkəlɪps]

复数：apocalypses  

n.

1.【基督教】天启,启示;【圣经】《启示录》

1 . riving into Tripoli is to drive into a ghost city. It looks like a set for a Hollywood apocalypse film.
开车到的黎波里，犹如进入一座死城。看来就像好莱坞拍摄世界末日影片的场景一样。

2 . My week of single parenthood had begun. As Martin Sheen says in "Apocalypse Now" : "I never want another mission like this again. "
我又当爸又当妈的一周开始了，正如马汀·西恩在《现在启示》中写的那样；“我再也不想过这样的日子了。”

3 . But if ever there were a year to put buzzwords before a death panel, this would be it, before the apocalypse comes.
但是如果说有哪一年将流行词提交死亡小组讨论，那就是这一年了，趁着甲流末日还没有到来。

4 . Turner really does seem to see himself as locked in a personal battle against apocalypse.
他似乎真的认为自己身处一场阻止大灾难的个人战斗中。

5 . THANKS to a mix of luck and good decisions, the economic apocalypse that loomed over central and eastern Europe seems to have been averted.
凭借一点运气和一些正确的决策，中欧及东欧似乎已避免了金融崩溃。