Epiphany 這個詞

Epiphany 突然頓悟

例子： I had the epiphany this afternoon that the other day he must be hinting me to return his money.  

今天下午我突然頓悟了，原來那天他肯定是暗示我還他錢。

 

字典的解釋：

e·piph·a·ny


 ( -p f -n )

n. pl. e·piph·a·nies

1. Epiphany

a. A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.

b. January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed.

2. A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.

3.

a. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

b. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization: "I experienced an epiphany, a spiritual flash that would change the way I viewed myself" (Frank Maier).