On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.周五他表现得既不得体又有失身份。如此失态非常罕见。

the unfortunate lapses of your colleagues你同事那些令人遗憾的不当行为

The incident is being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被视为严重的安全疏漏。

Lapses in air safety raise fresh concerns.航空安全事故成为人们关心的新问题。

The actors had skilful ways of covering their lapses of memory.演员在忘词的时候能用巧妙的方式加以掩饰。

I had a lapse of concentration in the middle of the race.我在比赛中途走神了。

Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue.她冒出几句德语, 这不足为奇。毕竟, 德语是她的母语。

the lapse of time since the incident该事件之后的一段时间

the time lapse between the crimes两次犯罪活动的间隔时间

There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication.在收到新消息之后, 通常会过一段时间再将其发布。

Ken Loach is philosophical about his lapse into obscurity during the Eighties and Nineties.肯·洛克在八九十年代淡出了公众的视线, 他对此处之泰然。

Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed.她丧失了英国工党的党籍。

Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.福特在20世纪80年代废止了该名称和商标。

in the days that had lapsed since Grace's death在格雷斯死后的日子里

New products are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.新产品只有在经过很长一段时间之后才会转运到发展中国家。

The car swerved as his attention lapsed.因为他走神, 车子偏离了方向。

Spain lapsed from being a core area to a semi-periphery.西班牙从核心区降格为半边缘区。

I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus.我在二十几岁时停止信教, 后来又重拾宗教信仰, 再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。