英语词汇“lapse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lapse
释义	lapse I. \ˈlaps\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin lapsus fault, error, fall, slide, from lapsus, past participle of labi to glide, slide — more at sleep 1. a. : an accidental mistake in fact or departure from an accepted norm : trivial fault : slip, error < lapse of memory > < lapse of taste > < the performances show this great pianist at the height of his powers, whatever rhythmical or technical lapses they may contain — Edward Sackville-West > b. : a temporary deviation < lapse from consciousness > < lapse from respectability > < writes well, despite occasional lapses into polysyllabic humor — Geographical Journal > 2. a. : fall; specifically : a decrease of temperature, pressure, or value of other meteorological element as the height increases — see lapse rate b. : loss, lowering, decline, drop < a sudden lapse of confidence — Josephine Johnson > < lapse in the supply of college graduates during the war years — M.L.Kastens > < lapse from grace > 3. a. (1) : the termination or failure of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within some limit of time or through failure of some contingency — compare expiry (2) Eng eccl law : the transfer of the right to present or collate a rector to a vacant benefice from one having the first right and neglecting to exercise it to one having a secondary right (3) : termination of coverage (as by life insurance) for nonpayment of premiums b. : an interruption or discontinuance < lapse of a custom > < resumed dividends after a lapse during the depression — P.J.O'Brien > < masters narrative lapses with great skill — C.C.Rister > 4. a. : a yielding to temptation or inclination : transitory disregard of moral principles : folly < his laxity of conduct, his moral lapses — S.H.Adams > b. : an abandonment of religious faith or principles : apostasy, backslide < prior to Adam's lapse — R.W.Murray > 5. a. archaic : a continuous flow or gentle downward glide (as of water) < down comes the stream, a lapse of living amethyst — Thomas Aird > b. : a continuous passage or an elapsed period of time : course, interval < a transaction involving a considerable lapse of time because the shares could not be sold until the state debt was paid — W.P.Webb > < except for a lapse of two years when he studied abroad, he has taught continuously since graduation > Synonyms: see error II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to fall into error or folly : depart from an accepted standard < lapses into addiction again at the first temptation — Time > < purchases … where his discrimination lapsed — Basil Taylor > specifically : backslide < in their view Constantinople had lapsed into heresy — R.M.French > b. : to sink or slip involuntarily : subside, relapse < murmurs good morning … and lapses into silence — Gertrude Samuels > < some lapsed into reading and others into sleep — Earle Birney > < why does starry-eyed youth lapse into flabby middle-aged vacuity — Douglas Bush > < the moment his attention is relaxed … he will lapse into bad Shakespearean verse — T.S.Eliot > 2. : to go out of existence : fall into decay or disuse : disappear, terminate < the nest-building impulse … lapses when the eggs are laid — E.A.Armstrong > < could think of no rejoinder … and our conversation lapsed — Maurice Cranston > < a relationship may be allowed to lapse, but it can never be dissolved — G.M.Foster > < this series of experiments seems to have lapsed around 1910 — Frank Denman > 3. : to fall or pass from one proprietor to another or from the original destination by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one (as a patron or legatee) < a legacy lapses when it fails to vest > < an insurance policy lapses with forfeiture of value from nonpayment of a premium when due > 4. a. of time : to run its course : pass < the whole fund might be lost … by the lapsing of the time allowed — A.D.White > b. : to glide past < saw the washed pavement lapsing beneath my fee — L.P.Smith > c. : to glide gently along < lolled with their lovers by lapsing brooks — W.H.Auden > < barges lapsing on its tranquil tide — C.C.Clarke > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : lose, forfeit < a vestry cannot lapse their right of presentation — William Byrd > 2. : to make ineffective by failing to meet the requirements of : let slip : nullify < lapsed his policy > < the high percentage of patients lapsing therapy — Journal American Medical Association >
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