lapse

[US]/læps/
[UK]/læps/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 失误,过失;时间推移
vi. 退步,衰退
Word Forms
过去式lapsed
第三人称单数lapses
复数lapses
现在分词lapsing
过去分词lapsed

Phrases & Collocations

memory lapse

记忆缺失

time lapse

时间流逝

mental lapse

思维空白

lapse in judgment

判断失误

lapse of concentration

注意力不集中

temporary lapse

暂时失误

lapse of time

一段时间;时光的流逝

lapse of memory

记错;记忆力衰退

lapse into

陷入

lapse from virtue

堕落,道德败坏

Example Sentences

a lapse into barbarism.

倒退到野蛮状态

a lapse in the conversation.

谈话中的间隔

a lapse of the tongue

失言

to lapse into silence

慢慢便沉默了

a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

记忆的错误;判断上的错误

a momentary lapse of concentration.

短暂的注意力不集中。

a lapse from grace.

名誉扫地

to lapse into unconsciousness

逐渐失去知觉

there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events.

两次事件之间有一相当长的间隔。

the girls lapsed into French.

这女孩又改说她习惯的法语了。

lapse from good virtue into vice

堕落, 变坏

after a lapse of several years

事隔几年之后

a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member.

离经叛道的天主教徒;不再参加活动的俱乐部成员

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

a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match.

第二局中她一失神失败了。

tracing his lapse into petty crime.

追踪他小打小闹作奸犯科的缘由。

the country has lapsed into chaos.

该国陷入混乱。

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