lapse
- IPA[laps]
英式
- a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement；a decline from previously high standards
- (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
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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
- ▪ a decline from previously high standards tracing his lapse into petty crime 同義詞
- ▪ 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
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
- ▪ (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
- ▪ 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 反義詞
- ▪ revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour) the girls lapsed into French 同義詞
- no longer valid; expired: a lapsed insurance policy
Oxford Dictionary
- no longer valid; expired: a lapsed insurance policy
Oxford American Dictionary
- denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record ...
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- denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude.
Oxford American Dictionary
- the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude.
Oxford Dictionary
- the rate at which atmospheric temperature decreases with increasing altitude in conditions of ...
Oxford Dictionary
- the rate at which atmospheric temperature decreases with increasing altitude in conditions of ...
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- IPA[laps]
美式
- a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment: a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match
- (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or ... my membership to the gym has lapsed
Oxford American Dictionary
