lapse
lapse 英 [læps] 美 [læps]
n. 滑走，流逝 v. 流逝，滑走；流放
进行时:lapsing 过去式:lapsed 过去分词:lapsed 第三人称单数:lapses 名词复数:lapses
- A lapse is a temporary slip, failure or break in continuity. Eating a second helping of cake when you're otherwise doing well on your diet is a lapse. Eating the whole cake in one sitting is a serious lapse in judgment.
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- n. 滑走，流逝
- v. 流逝，滑走；流放
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1. a lapse of concentration
心不在焉
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2. A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match.
她最后一盘一走神儿，输掉了整场比赛。
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3. After a lapse of six months we met up again.
相隔六个月之后我们又相遇了。
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4. She had allowed her membership to lapse.
她的会员资格期满终止，没有再续。
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5. His concentration lapsed after a few minutes.
几分钟后他的注意力就下降了。
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6. He lapsed from Judaism when he was a student.
他当学生时就放弃了犹太教。
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7. a lapsed subscription
过期的订购
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8. lapsed faith
背弃的信仰
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9. She lapsed into silenceagain.
她又陷入了沉默。
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10. He soon lapsed back into his old ways.
他很快又犯老毛病了。
- lapse (n.) mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right" due to some failure or non-action by the holder, from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, a landslide; flight (of time); falling into error," from labi "to glide, slip, slide, sink, fall; decline, go to ruin," which is of unknown etymology.
- lapse (v.) early 15c., to go by, pass (of time), from lapse (n.) and from Latin lapsare "to lose one's footing, slip, slide," from stem of labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "fail in duty or faith" is from 1630s. Meaning "become void, revert due to some failure or non-action by the holder" is from 1726. Related: Lapsed; lapses; lapsing.
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