| 单词 |
Armageddon |
| 释义 |
Armageddon|ɑːməˈgɛdən|
[See Rev. xvi. 16 (A.V.)]
The place of the last decisive battle at the Day of Judgement; hence used allusively for any ‘final’ conflict on a great scale. Also attrib.
1811Shelley Let. 12 Jan. (1964) I. 45 Do we not now see Superstition decaying..except where Faber..and several others of the Armageddon-Heroes maintain their posts. 1886Suffolk & Craven Racing 247 As long as we have racing we shall have betting—that ceaseless war between layers and backers will still be waged... At present we see no sign of a final Armageddon. 1896Kipling England's Answer in Poems (1919) I. 237 In the day of Armageddon, or the last great fight of all. 1910Encycl. Brit. II. 561/1 From the application of the word Armageddon to the great battle of the End of Time comes the use of the phrase ‘an Armageddon’ to express any great slaughter or final conflict. 1917F. M. Ford Let. 5 Jan. (1965) 83, I am sure you could not have done a better ‘bit’ during Armageddon. 1928W. Deeping Old Pybus ii. §2 Mr. Pybus had been able to speak of the war as Armageddon without cribbing an obvious bleat from the popular press. |
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