lapse
lapse的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [læps]
KK音标发音： [læps]
lapse的词性：
v.（动词）
lapse的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）
1. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
退步：从先前的水平或标准降下来，如技能、质量或行为的退步：
lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.
沾染坏习惯；在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队
2. To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:
偏离正道：偏离已经规定的或公认的道路：
lapse into heresy.
陷入异端
3. To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
滑落：逐渐地或平缓地通过；滑落：
lapse into reverie.
陷入冥想
4. To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily:
终止：到达终点，尤指逐渐地或暂时地：
He realized that his attention had lapsed and he hadn't heard the assignment.
他意识到他当时走神了且没听到分派的任务
5. To be no longer valid or active; expire:
失效：失效的或不再有效的；满期的：
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
6. Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
【法律】 转归：通过忽视或省略传给另一个。用于权力或特权、封地或财产
7. To go by; elapse:
（时间等）消逝：度过；消逝：
Years had lapsed since we last met.
从我们上次相遇后，几年时间已经过去了
lapse的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）
8. To allow to lapse.
使失效
lapse的词性：
n.（名词）
9. The act or an instance of lapsing, as:
退步，堕落：退步的行为或事例，如：
10. A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip:
失误：通常很小或暂时的失败；疏忽：
a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.
记忆的错误；判断上的错误
11. A deterioration or decline:
后退：退化或下降：
a lapse into barbarism.
倒退到野蛮状态
12. A moral fall:
道德上的堕落：
a lapse from grace.
名誉扫地
13. A break in continuity; a pause:
间隔：连续性的间断；中断：
a lapse in the conversation.
谈话中的间隔
14. A period of time; an interval:
一断时间；间隔：
a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
两次革命间几年时间的间隔
15. Law The termination of a right or privilege through disuse, neglect, or death.
【法律】 失效，终止：通过不用、忽视或死亡而达到的权力或特权的终止
lapse的词源：
16. Middle English lapsen [to deviate from the normal]
中古英语 lapsen [从正常偏离]
17. from laps [lapse of time, sin] from Old French [lapse of time] from Latin l3psus [from past participle of] l3bo [to lapse]
源自 laps [时间流逝，罪行] 源自 古法语 [时间流逝] 源自 拉丁语 l3psus [] 源自l3bo的过去分词 [消逝，终止]
18. and from Latin l3ps3re [frequentative of] l3bo
并源自 拉丁语 l3ps3re [] l3bo的重复动词
19. Latin l3bo l3ps- [to lapse]
拉丁语 l3bo l3ps- [消逝，终止]
lapse的词性：
n.（名词）