lapse

英 [læps] 美 [læps]

• n. 过失；流逝；间隔；堕落；失效
• vi. 流逝；失效；堕落；停止
• vt. 使失效

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]失误，过失；小毛病

   a small fault or mistake,especially one that is quickly put right

2. [C]行为失检；偏离正道；背弃信仰

   a failure in correct behaviour,belief,duty,etc.

3. [C]时间的流逝〔推移，间隔〕

   a passing away ,especially of time

v. (动词)

1. vi. 退步；陷入；倒退，衰退

   pass gradually into a less active or less desirable state

2. vi. 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）

   (of a business agreement,official title,legal right,etc.) come to an end,especially because of lack of use,death,or failure to claim

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 小错，过失，失误，疏忽
2. 行为失检，失言，口误，记错
3. 流逝，时间的消逝或推移，间隔
4. 放弃信仰，违背教义，偏离正道
5. 【律】丧失，废除
6. 跌落，下降

v. 动词

1. 流逝，消失
2. 陷入，堕入，滑入（某种境地）
3. 失检，犯罪，犯错
4. 【律】（合同、协议等）终止，结束，失效，（因不合标准而）废止
5. 【律】转归，将…转归另一物主
6. 背弃，放弃（宗教信仰），背离（正道）
7. 退步，倒退，衰退，堕落
8. 因不按期缴纳保险费而使保险单失效

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse.
   这名男子承认超速行驶,并且为自己的过失道歉。
2. I started to eat the peas with my hands, but I don't think anyone noticed my little lapse.
   我开始用手吃豌豆，但我想没有人注意到我的小错误。
3. The lapse of time is irreversible.
   时光流逝不可逆转。
4. The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin 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。
5. After a lapse of several years he came back to see us.
   数年不见之后，他又回来看我们了。
6. Wives were expected to forgive their husbands' lapses.
   希望做妻子的原谅丈夫一时行为失检。
7. Remind me to renew the driver's license.It will lapse next month.
   提醒我更换驾驶执照，它下个月就失效了。
8. An offer will lapse or disappear on the happening of certain events.
   要约在一些特定事项出现时失效。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The days lapsed away.
   日子在不知不觉之中过去。
2. 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
3. The gun began to lapse into silence.
   炮声已开始沉寂了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is usually well-behaved; this rudeness is only a lapse.
   他一向彬彬有礼，这次的无礼只是一时的失态。
2. 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。
3. The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin 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。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits.
   他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。
2. Her right to the property has lapsed.
   她的财产权失效了。

经典引文

• A lapse of a hundred years is not much in the story of..Florence.

  出自： M. O. W. Oliphant

• The fountain made itself heard,..marking off the lapse of seconds, the progress of hours.

  出自： F. Norris

• Rippling waves that lapsed in silver hush Upon the beach.

  出自： Dickens

词汇搭配

• lapse into 陷入
• lapse rate [气]气温
• lapse of time 时光的流逝
• critical lapse rate 临界递减率
• time lapse 延时的
• defensive lapse 防守队员一时的疏忽...
• adiabatic lapse rate 绝热递减率,绝热温度...
• environmental lapse rate 环境递减率,环境直减...
• temperature lapse rate 温度下减率,气温递减...
• environmental lapse 环境演化
• fielding lapse 防守失误
• lapse rate condition 负温度梯度条件...
• time-lapse photography 慢速摄影
• time lag 时滞
• lapse of the pen 写错
• lapse from virtue 堕落
• lapse of memory 记忆力衰退
• with the lapse of time 随着时间的推移,逐渐...

近反义词

【近义词】

• decline 下降
• fall 落下
• error 错误
• blunder 大错
• tail off 变小
• slip 滑倒
• come to an end 结束
• give up 放弃
• failure 失败
• mistake 错误
• slip-up 错误
• interval 间隔
• space 空间
• break 打碎
• delay 耽搁
• pause 暂停
• sink 下沉
• slump 大幅度下跌
• weakness 软弱
• lull 使安静
• offense 过错
• down 向下
• go 去
• go down 下降，下跌
• relapse 复发
• pass 通过
• reversion 返回
• slip by 飞掠而过, （时间）悄悄...
• retrogress 倒退
• glide by 不知不觉中滑过...
• oversight 疏忽
• go by (时间)过去，逝去，消逝...
• recidivate 复犯
• fall back 后退
• go along 前进
• regress 倒退
• backsliding 动词backslide的...
• slip away 逃走
• backslide 堕落
• lapsing 动词lapse的现在进行...
• elapse 逝去
• relapsing 动词relapse的现在...
• reverting 动词revert的现在进...