lapse

英[læps]
美[læps]

基本释义

  • 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

词性变化

实用例句

a lapse of concentration/memory

心不在焉;记错

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A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match.

她最后一盘稍有失误,输掉了整场比赛。

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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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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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His concentration lapsed after a few minutes.

几分钟后他的注意力就下降了。

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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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[只用于名词前]a lapsed subscription

失效的认购

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lapsed faith

背弃的信仰

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a lapsed Catholic

丧失信仰的天主教徒

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to lapse into unconsciousness/a coma

逐渐失去知觉 / 陷入昏迷状态

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She lapsed into silence again.

她又陷入了沉默。

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He soon lapsed back into his old ways.

他很快又犯老毛病了。

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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。

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。

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。

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。

...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。

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。

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。

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。

真题例句

But a lapse (缺失) of integrity also affects our relationships with others.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

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"