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单词 elapse
释义
elapsee‧lapse /ɪˈlæps/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINelapse
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi ‘to slip away’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
elapse
Simple Form
Presentitelapses
Pastitelapsed
Present perfectithas elapsed
Past perfectithad elapsed
Futureitwill elapse
Future perfectitwill have elapsed
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A surprisingly long time had elapsed between the discovery of the body and the arrival of the police.
  • It seems remarkable that nearly thirty years has elapsed since there was a major museum exhibition in the city.
  • More than five years have elapsed since the kidnapping.
  • Nine years elapsed before he produced his eighth symphony.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As soon as the 15 seconds' rest has elapsed, you must start the next exercise.
  • By the time the last picture had been shot, three-quarters of an hour had elapsed.
  • Even if six or seven or eight years elapsed, her sleeping passengers would never know the difference.
  • He is silent until 6 rounds have elapsed.
  • No dust has settled on that robe; no time has elapsed since that divinity was revealed.
  • Patients could be retreated if more than 4 weeks had elapsed since the initial treatment.
  • They were also asked how much total waiting time elapsed between triage and departure from the emergency room.
  • This law states that the number of atoms of a radioactive element is halved after a given amount of time has elapsed.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen a period of time passes
· Three weeks passed, and Max had still not found a job.· Years passed before she could bring herself to call me "Frank" without the "Mister".· Hardly a week goes by when I do not think of you.time passes/goes by · The side effects tend to subside as time passes.· I was trying to calculate how much time had gone by since I heard the scream.
formal if a period of time elapses, it passes, especially between two events: elapse before/since/between: · Nine years elapsed before he produced his eighth symphony.· It seems remarkable that nearly thirty years has elapsed since there was a major museum exhibition in the city.· A surprisingly long time had elapsed between the discovery of the body and the arrival of the police.
the process of time passing over a long period, especially when people or things change during this time - used especially in stories or descriptions: · Two children, a successful marriage, and the passage of time had helped Maisie to forget her unhappy childhood.· The early recordings have hardly stood up well to the passage of time.· The passing of time did little to lessen his grief.with the passage of time: · Behaviour and social attitudes change with the passing of time.· These ancient settlements have perished with the passage of time.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· This law states that the number of atoms of a radioactive element is halved after a given amount of time has elapsed.· Respondents were asked how much time elapsed between their initial examination by a triage nurse and treatment by an emergency doctor.· He remarks that when the state of our minds does not appear to change we do not notice that time has elapsed.· No dust has settled on that robe; no time has elapsed since that divinity was revealed.· Captions on the screen can give brief information about what went on in the missing bits and how much time has elapsed.· One and a half aeons is about the time that elapsed between the origin of the Earth and the first bacteria-like fossils.· But in practice a certain period of time may elapse before the authorities are able to recognize that a problem exists.· Therefore some time must elapse before a unit's identity is fixed.
· Asthings stand at the moment, 70 years have to elapse before they can be inspected.· Even if six or seven or eight years elapsed, her sleeping passengers would never know the difference.· A further twenty-three laborious years were to elapse before official recognition of his services to Britain was given.· Thucydides fixed the beginning of the war and dated subsequent events by counting how many years had elapsed from the start.· But in some cases two years had elapsed without the money being refunded by him.· A further twenty-seven years were to elapse before the railway reached its ultimate terminus at the Kyle of Lochalsh.· Many years were to elapse before I saw it again.· So, a new house will need a thorough inspection before two years have elapsed and a structural survey before ten years.
formal if a particular period of time elapses, it passes:  Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial. The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveElapse is not used in the progressive. You say: · We hardly notice how much time elapses. Don’t say: We hardly notice how much time is elapsing.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that time passes:· We hardly notice how much time passes.
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