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单词 lapse
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lapse

/læps/
1
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
(注意力, 记忆)短暂丧失; (判断)失误, 差错:

a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match.

第二局时她因一时走神而输掉了比赛。

1.1
a weak or careless decline from previously high standards
(因意志不坚定或不慎而)堕落:

tracing his lapse into petty crime.

追踪他小打小闹地作奸犯科的缘由。

1.2
Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures
【律】(权利, 特权的)终止; 丧失。
2
an interval or passage of time
时间间隔, 时间段:

there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events.

两次事件之间有一段相当长的间隔。

no obj.
1
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
(权利, 特权的)终止; 丧失; (协议的)到期, 满期; 失效:

he let his membership of CND lapse.

他中止了自己的核裁军运动成员的身份。

1.1
(of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end
(状态, 活动)中止, 结束:

if your diet has lapsed it's time you revived it.

如果你已停止节食, 现在就应该恢复。

1.2
(of an adherent of a particular religion or doctrine) cease to follow the rules and practices of that religion or doctrine
(宗教或学说的追随者)背离, 放弃:

as adj. lapsed a lapsed Catholic.

一个离经叛道的天主教徒。

2

lapse into

pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
逐渐往坏里变化; 堕落为, 陷入:

the country has lapsed into chaos.

该国已陷入混乱状态。

2.1
revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour)
回复(先前或习惯的言语或行为方式):

the girls lapsed into French.

姑娘们又改说她们习惯的法语了。

词源
late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi 'to glide, slip, or fall'; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare 'to slip or stumble'.
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