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1. Oxford Dictionary

   lapse

   • IPA[laps]

   英式

   • n.
     a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement；a decline from previously high standards
   • v.
     (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire；(of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end

   • verb: lapse, 3rd person present: lapses, gerund or present participle: lapsing, past tense: lapsed, past participle: lapsed

   • noun: lapse, plural noun: lapses

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match 同義詞 failure, failing, slip, error, mistake, ... 更多blunder, fault, omission, oversight, negligence, dereliction, informalslip-up, fail
   • ▪ a decline from previously high standards tracing his lapse into petty crime 同義詞 decline, downturn, fall, falling, falling away, ... 更多slipping, drop, deterioration, worsening, degeneration, dereliction, backsliding, regression, retrogression, decay, descent, sinking, slide, ebb, waning, corruption, debasement, tainting, corrosion, impairment
   • ▪ the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures.
   • 2. an interval or passage of time there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events 同義詞 interval, gap, pause, intermission, interlude, ... 更多lull, hiatus, break, passage, course, passing, period, term, span, spell

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire he let his membership of CND lapse 同義詞 expire, become void, become invalid, run out, terminate, ... 更多become obsolete
   • ▪ (of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end if your diet has lapsed it's time you revived it 同義詞 end, cease, come to an end, stop, terminate, ... 更多vanish, disappear, pass, fade, fall away, dwindle, wilt, wither, die
   • ▪ cease to follow the rules and practices of a religion or doctrine many Christians in Britain have lapsed
   • 2. pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition) the country has lapsed into chaos 同義詞 deteriorate, decline, fall, fall off, drop, ... 更多worsen, degenerate, decay, rot, backslide, regress, retrogress, get worse, sink, wane, slump, fail, informalgo downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, go down the toilet, hit the skids反義詞 improve, strengthen
   • ▪ revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour) the girls lapsed into French 同義詞 revert, relapse, fall back, drift, slide, ... 更多slip, sink, subside