Apocalypse

    世界末日、大灾难

    希腊周日就是否接受国际债权人提出的救助条件举行公投，请看本报昨日的报道：

    Greeks voted Sunday whether to accept or reject the tough terms of an aid offer to stave off financial collapse, in a referendum that may determine their future in Europe's common currency.

    Held against a backdrop of default, shuttered banks and threats of financial apocalypse, the vote was too close to call and looked certain to herald yet more turbulence whichever way it went.

    The country of 11 million people is deeply divided over whether to accept an offer by international creditors that left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected in January on a promise to end years of crippling austerity, calls a "humiliation."

    报道中的apocalypse就是“世界末日、大灾难”。例如：

    He proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalypse.

    他提出了一系列可能避免环境灾难的措施。