n.

1. 揭示；暴露；显示[U][C]
2. 被揭露的真相[C][+（that）]
   The revelation that he was her father astonished her.

   他就是她父亲，这一意想不到的真相使她大为震惊。

3. 出乎意料的事[S][（+to）]
4. 天启，神示[C][U]
5. （大写）《启示录》（《圣经·新约》的末卷）[the S][the P]

n.

1. a surprising disclosure.
   ▸the revealing of something previously unknown.
   ▸a surprising or remarkable thing.
2. a divine or supernatural disclosure to humans.
   ▸ (Revelation or informal Revelations) (in full the Revelation of St John the Divine) the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John.