lapse 音标拼音: [l'æps]
n . 过失,流逝,失效
vi . 犯错,堕落,退步,消失,流逝
vt . 使失效
过失,流逝,失效犯错,堕落,退步,消失,流逝使失效
lapse 失误
lapse 失误
lapse n 1 :
a mistake resulting from inattention [
synonym : {
oversight },
{
lapse }]
2 :
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something ; "
a lapse of three weeks between letters "
3 :
a failure to maintain a higher state [
synonym : {
backsliding },
{
lapse }, {
lapsing }, {
relapse }, {
relapsing }, {
reversion },
{
reverting }]
v 1 :
pass into a specified state or condition ; "
He sank into nirvana " [
synonym : {
sink }, {
pass }, {
lapse }]
2 :
end ,
at least for a long time ; "
The correspondence lapsed "
3 :
drop to a lower level ,
as in one '
s morals or standards [
synonym :
{
lapse }, {
backslide }]
4 :
go back to bad behavior ; "
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals " [
synonym : {
relapse }, {
lapse }, {
recidivate },
{
regress }, {
retrogress }, {
fall back }]
5 :
let slip ; "
He lapsed his membership "
6 :
pass by ; "
three years elapsed " [
synonym : {
elapse }, {
lapse },
{
pass }, {
slip by }, {
glide by }, {
slip away }, {
go by }, {
slide by }, {
go along }]
Lapse \
Lapse \,
v .
t .
1 .
To let slip ;
to permit to devolve on another ;
to allow to pass .
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An appeal may be deserted by the appellant '
s lapsing the term of law . --
Ayliffe .
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2 .
To surprise in a fault or error ;
hence ,
to surprise or catch ,
as an offender . [
Obs .]
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For which ,
if be lapsed in this place ,
I shall pay dear . --
Shak .
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Lapse \
Lapse \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Lapsed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Lapsing }.]
1 .
To pass slowly and smoothly downward ,
backward ,
or away ;
to slip downward ,
backward ,
or away ;
to glide ; --
mostly restricted to figurative uses .
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A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended .
--
Swift .
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Homer ,
in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites ,
has lapsed into the burlesque character . --
Addison .
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2 .
To slide or slip in moral conduct ;
to fail in duty ;
to fall from virtue ;
to deviate from rectitude ;
to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake .
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To lapse in fullness Is sorer than to lie for need . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Law )
(
a )
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 ,
a legatee ,
etc .
(
b )
To become ineffectual or void ;
to fall .
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If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing ,
it lapses to the king .
--
Ayliffe .
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Lapse \
Lapse \ (
l [
a ^]
ps ),
n . [
L .
lapsus ,
fr .
labi ,
p .
p .
lapsus ,
to slide ,
to fall :
cf .
F .
laps .
See {
Sleep }.]
1 .
A gliding ,
slipping ,
or gradual falling ;
an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away ,; --
restricted usually to immaterial things ,
or to figurative uses .
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The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible .
--
Rambler .
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Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame . --
I .
Taylor .
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2 .
A slip ;
an error ;
a fault ;
a failing in duty ;
a slight deviation from truth or rectitude .
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To guard against those lapses and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us . --
Rogers .
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3 . (
Law )
The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time ,
or through failure of some contingency ;
hence ,
the devolution of a right or privilege .
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4 . (
Theol .)
A fall or apostasy .
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lapse ":
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faire ,
lapse back ,
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lapsus calami ,
lapsus linguae ,
last ,
last lap ,
last round ,
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let go ,
let ride ,
let slide ,
let slip ,
letup ,
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lose sight of ,
lose track of ,
loss of tone ,
lower ,
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malum ,
minor wrong ,
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misfeasance ,
misstep ,
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not care for ,
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not heed ,
not think ,
offense ,
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outrage ,
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oversight ,
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pass by ,
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passage ,
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peccadillo ,
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plop ,
plop down ,
plump ,
plunge ,
poor stewardship ,
press on ,
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procrastination ,
progress ,
pull back ,
re -
formation ,
reach the depths ,
reaction ,
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recession ,
recidivate ,
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recidivism ,
reclamation ,
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relapse ,
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resolution ,
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restoration ,
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retroflex ,
retroflexion ,
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retrograde ,
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retrogression ,
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rollback ,
run ,
run down ,
run its course ,
run on ,
run out ,
sag ,
set ,
setback ,
settle ,
settle down ,
shift ,
shortcoming ,
sin ,
sin of commission ,
sin of omission ,
sinful act ,
sink ,
sink back ,
sink down ,
sinkage ,
slackness ,
sleep ,
slide ,
slide back ,
slight ,
slip ,
slip away ,
slip back ,
slip up ,
slippage ,
slipping back ,
slipup ,
slouch ,
slowdown ,
slump ,
slump down ,
stand -
down ,
stay ,
sternway ,
stop ,
stray ,
stumble ,
submerge ,
submergence ,
subside ,
subsidence ,
suspension ,
swag ,
switch ,
switch -
over ,
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trespass ,
trip ,
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unrigorousness ,
unutterable sin ,
vacation ,
venial sin ,
vice ,
violation ,
volte -
face ,
wander ,
wane ,
wear away ,
wear off ,
wrong ,
wrong step ,
yield again to
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