reveal /riˈvi:l/ vt. 1. 揭露，泄露；透露，暴露：reveal a scheme 揭露阴谋；reveal the nature of the talk 透露会谈的性质；reveal one’s secret 暴露了某人的秘密 The doctor did not reveal to him his hopeless condition. 大夫没有向他透露他的病已无望。［考句］I hate people who reveal the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.我讨厌那些把还没有看过的电影结局先讲出来的人。2. 展现，显示：reveal oneself 显示身分 As we reached the farm, a scene of good harvest revealed itself before our eyes. 到了农场，一派丰收的景象展现在我们眼前。
revelation /ˌrevəˈleiʃən/ n. 1.［u］揭示，透露，显示: The revelation of the thieves’ hiding place by one of their own members caused their capture. 窃贼中有一人透露出他们的窝藏处使他们全部落网。 2.［c］(出乎意料的)被揭示的真相，(惊人的)新发现: a startling revelation 惊人的新发现；some fresh revelations of the laboratory 实验室中的某些新发现
