| 释义 |
lapse/læps/ n. & v.●n. 1 a slight error; a slip of memory etc. 小错(记错等) 2 a weak or careless decline into an inferior state 失足，落入(不好的处境) 3 (foll. by 后跟 of) an interval or passage of time 时间的间隔，时光的流逝 after a lapse of three years 3 年过去后 4 Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures 【法律】(权利、特权的)丧失，终止 ●v. intr. 1 fail to maintain a position or standard 丧失地位，失掉水准 2 (foll. by 后跟 into) fall back into an inferior or previous state 下降到次的(或原先的)状态 3 (of a right or privilege etc.) become invalid because it is not used or claimed or renewed (权利、特权等)失效 4 (as 作 lapsed adj.) (of a person or thing) that has lapsed (人或事)堕落的，失效的 [Latin lapsus from labi laps- ‘glide, slip, fall’] |