| 释义 |
lapse AHD[lăps] D.J.[læps]K.K.[læps]v.（动词）lapsed, laps.ing, laps.es v.intr.（不及物动词）- To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:退步：从先前的水平或标准降下来，如技能、质量或行为的退步：lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.沾染坏习惯；在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队
- To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:偏离正道：偏离已经规定的或公认的道路：lapse into heresy.陷入异端
- To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:滑落：逐渐地或平缓地通过；滑落：lapse into reverie.陷入冥想
- To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily:终止：到达终点，尤指逐渐地或暂时地：He realized that his attention had lapsed and he hadn't heard the assignment.他意识到他当时走神了且没听到分派的任务
- To be no longer valid or active; expire:失效：失效的或不再有效的；满期的：She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.她听任她的会员资格在第一年后失效
- Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.【法律】 转归：通过忽视或省略传给另一个。用于权力或特权、封地或财产
- To go by; elapse:（时间等）消逝：度过；消逝：Years had lapsed since we last met.从我们上次相遇后，几年时间已经过去了
v.tr.（及物动词）- To allow to lapse.使失效
n.（名词）- The act or an instance of lapsing, as:退步，堕落：退步的行为或事例，如：
- A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip:失误：通常很小或暂时的失败；疏忽：a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.记忆的错误；判断上的错误
- A deterioration or decline:后退：退化或下降：a lapse into barbarism.倒退到野蛮状态
- A moral fall:道德上的堕落：a lapse from grace.名誉扫地
- A break in continuity; a pause:间隔：连续性的间断；中断：a lapse in the conversation.谈话中的间隔
- A period of time; an interval:一断时间；间隔：a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.两次革命间几年时间的间隔
- Law The termination of a right or privilege through disuse, neglect, or death.【法律】 失效，终止：通过不用、忽视或死亡而达到的权力或特权的终止
- Middle English lapsen [to deviate from the normal] 中古英语 lapsen [从正常偏离]
- from laps [lapse of time, sin] from Old French [lapse of time] from Latin lāpsus [from past participle of] lābī [to lapse] 源自 laps [时间流逝，罪行] 源自 古法语 [时间流逝] 源自 拉丁语 lāpsus 源自lābī的过去分词 [消逝，终止]
- and from Latin lāpsāre [frequentative of] lābī 并源自 拉丁语 lāpsāre lābī的重复动词
- Latin lābī lāps- [to lapse] 拉丁语 lābī lāps- [消逝，终止]
lapsʹer n.（名词） |