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lapse

英[læps] 美[læps]

n. 小错，疏忽，行为失检，失足，流逝，[法]（权利等的）失效，消失；
vi. 退步，陷入，堕入，失效，终止，[法]转归；

复数：lapses;

第三人称单数：lapses;

过去式：lapsed;

过去分词：lapsed;

现在分词：lapsing;

形容词：lapsed;

同义词

vi.
lapse的同义词之：下沉;下降;倒下
sink down go decline slump
lapse的同义词之：其他释义
slump error down lull decline weakness fall sink go offense blunder

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N-COUNT

闪失；过失；失检

A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well.
例句
On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse. 星期五那天他的表现既不得体，又有失尊严。如此失态非常少有。
N-COUNT

（一时的）疏忽，大意，开小差

A lapse of something such as concentration or judgment is a temporary lack of that thing, which can often cause you to make a mistake.
例句
I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race... 我在比赛中途一时走神。 He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste... 由于他是天才，所以品位上偶有差池大家也不会介意。
VERB

陷入，进入（某种安静或静止状态）

If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
例句
She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence... 她不知嘟囔了几句什么后就不再开口。 Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep. 多丽丝·布朗闭上眼睛，安然入睡。
VERB

（通常指短暂地）进入，陷入（某种说话或行事方式）

If someone lapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period.
例句
She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme... 她改用童声唱起童谣来。 Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour. 青少年偶尔会因感到压力太大无所适从而做出不良行为。
N-SING

（时间的）间隔

A lapse of time is a period that is long enough for a situation to change or for people to have a different opinion about it.
例句
...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years... 时隔24年后外交关系的恢复 There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication. 新信息的接收与发布之间通常会间隔一段时间。
VERB

（时间）流逝，消逝，推移

If a period of time lapses, it passes.
例句
New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed. 新的产品和生产工序要经过一段相当长的时间后才能向发展中国家转移。
VERB

结束；终止

If a situation or legal contract lapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended.
例句
Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed... 她已不再是工党党员。 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。
VERB

停止信教；背弃信仰；脱离宗教关系

If a member of a particular religion lapses, they stop believing in it or stop following its rules and practices.
例句
I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus... 我20多岁时曾经停止信教，后来一度又信，再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。 She calls herself a lapsed Catholic. 她称自己已不再信仰天主教。

英汉词典释义

n.
失误, 过失; 小毛病
行为失检; 偏离正道; 背弃信仰
His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck. 他的酗酒恶习带来了一连串的不幸。
时间的流逝[推移, 间隔]
The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruins from my memory. 时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡。
vi.
退步; 陷入; 倒退, 衰退
He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。
丧失, 失效(商务协议、官员、法律权利等, 尤指因未予运用、死亡或放弃)
Her right to the property has lapsed. 她的财产权失效了。
背弃，放弃（宗教信仰）

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a mistake resulting from inattention
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something;
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
3. a failure to maintain a higher state
Verb
1. pass into a specified state or condition;
"He sank into Nirvana"
2. end, at least for a long time;
"The correspondence lapsed"
3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
4. go back to bad behavior;
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
5. let slip;
"He lapsed his membership"
6. pass by;
"three years elapsed"

行业词典

体育：过失；错误；防守疏忽；
法律：遗赠失效；