lapse

[læps]

n.过失, 流逝, 间隔, 堕落, 失效
vi.流逝, 失效, 堕落,停止
vt.使失效

例句与用法：

I started to eat the peas with my hands, but I don't think anyone noticed my little lapse.

我开始用手吃豌豆，但我想没有人注意到我的小错误。

After a lapse of several years he came back to see us.

数年不见之后，他又回来看我们了。

词形变化：

名词: lapser | 动词过去式: lapsed | 动词过去分词: lapsed | 动词现在分词: lapsing | 动词第三人称单数: lapses |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. (时间的)流逝, 间隔[(+of)]

Her grief over her child's death was not at all relieved by the lapse of time.

时间的推移并未减轻她的失子之痛。

2. 小错, 失误

I had a lapse of memory.

我记错了。

3. 跌落, 下降

a lapse of confidence

信心的丧失

4. 失检; 偏离[(+from)]

5. 【律】(权力等的)消失, 权力失效

vi.

1. 失检; 背离[(+from)]

He sometimes lapses from good behavior.

他有时行为失检。

2. 陷入[(+into)]

We talked nonstop at first, but soon lapsed into silence.

开始我们谈个不停, 但过不多久我们陷入了沉默。

3. (时间)流逝

Several hours lapsed before he woke up.

过了好几个小时他才醒。

4. (权力等)终止, 失效

The lease has lapsed.

这一租约已经失效。

短语词组：

lapse into

1. 陷入

The patient lapsed into unconsciousness.

病人失去了知觉。