| 词汇 | apocalyptic |
| 释义 | apocalyptic adjective uk /əˌpɒk.əˈlɪp.tɪk/ us /əˌpɑː.kəˈlɪp.t̬ɪ.k/ showing or describing the total destruction and end of the world, or extremely bad future events: 预示大灾难的，预言世界末日的 apocalyptic visionapocalyptic visions of a nuclear confrontation对核对抗灾难性后果的描述 apocalyptic warnings about our destruction of the environment对人类破坏环境可能带来毁灭性后果所作的警示 Dangerous and harmful adverse adverse conditions adverse effect adverse publicity adverse reaction destabilizing destructive destructively destructiveness detrimental inimically injurious injuriously insidious insidiousness self-destruction self-destructive stinking thinking toxicity treacherously You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Serious and unpleasant Examples of apocalypticapocalyptic He thus constructed a position that allowed him to condemn extremes in apocalyptic terms, but it was a stance that has confused later commentators. Pictures donated to an art exhibition in support of the movement showed mainly allegorical symbols and apocalyptic landscapes. Thus, the use of such depictions reveals an expectation of widespread apocalyptic understanding that made their devices pertinent. It is thus both apocalyptic and anti-apocalyptic, a revelation and a concealment, uncovering both the necessity for and the impossibility of the end. This scenario represents the position of the reviewed authors : they all to some extent argue against apocalyptic reactions to population ageing. In particular, medieval orthodoxy has been shown to have been permeated at all levels by apocalyptic ideas. But it is possible to take a less apocalyptic view and to envisage a future in which the human lexicographer retains a very central role. Every chapter provides a rich and meticulous description of its subtheme, incorporating as many apocalyptic works as possible. Other chapters deal with the particularities of the grand apocalyptic narrative. He offered the following apocalyptic description of the situation of art away from the self-congratulating festival. Divided responses to an ageing population : apocalyptic demography, ideology and rational social administration. In this apocalyptic narrative, subjective bodily differences are cybernetically excised in the name of liberal humanist universalism and objective rationality. Global warming has however a vast apocalyptic quality whose only near match (if one needed such a thing) would be planetary warming. His millenarianism thus emerged as a way of salvaging his apocalyptic aspirations for an eventual happy terrestrial future. This article demonstrates that apocalyptic convictions were not dismissed from mainstream relevance after 1660. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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