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单词 lapsed
释义 lapsed
I. adjective
Etymology: from past participle of lapse (II)
1. : surrendered or nullified because of failure to meet stipulated obligations : forfeited, void
 < dispose of the realm as a lapsed fief — G.C.Sellery >
 < the widow gets no insurance because of a lapsed policy >
2. : guilty of error or defection : fallen; specifically : apostate
 < the deliberately lapsed Catholic cannot be such without mortal sin — D.J.Corrigan >
3. : dropped out of sight or use : vanished
 < now in the moonlight, and now lapsed in shade — Lord Byron >
 < the lapsed custom of an annual dinner — John Bull >
II. noun plural
: early Christians deserting the faith because of persecution
 < in Rome the bishop … was prepared to permit the restoration of the lapsed — K.S.Latourette >
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