lapse

名词 lapse:

1. a mistake resulting from inattention
   同义词：oversight
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
3. a failure to maintain a higher state
   同义词：backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

动词 lapse:

1. pass into a specified state or condition
   同义词：sink, pass
2. end, at least for a long time
3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
   同义词：backslide
4. go back to bad behavior
   同义词：relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
5. let slip
6. pass by
   同义词：elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

1. 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。
2. 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。

lapse

v.（动词）
lapsed,laps.ing,laps.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）

To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
退步：从先前的水平或标准降下来，如技能、质量或行为的退步：
例句：
lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.
沾染坏习惯；在一赛季中途变成表现平庸的球队

To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:
偏离正道：偏离已经规定的或公认的道路：
例句：
lapse into heresy.
陷入异端

To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
滑落：逐渐地或平缓地通过；滑落：
例句：
lapse into reverie.
陷入冥想

To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily:
终止：到达终点，尤指逐渐地或暂时地：
例句：
He realized that his attention had lapsed and he hadn`t heard the assignment.
他意识到他当时走神了且没听到分派的任务

To be no longer valid or active; expire:
失效：失效的或不再有效的；满期的：
例句：
She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.
她听任她的会员资格在第一年后失效

Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
【法律】 转归：通过忽视或省略传给另一个。用于权力或特权、封地或财产
To go by; elapse:
（时间等）消逝：度过；消逝：
例句：
Years had lapsed since we last met.
从我们上次相遇后，几年时间已经过去了

v.tr.（及物动词）
To allow to lapse.
使失效
n.（名词）
The act or an instance of lapsing, as:
退步，堕落：退步的行为或事例，如：
A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip:
失误：通常很小或暂时的失败；疏忽：
例句：
a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.
记忆的错误；判断上的错误

A deterioration or decline:
后退：退化或下降：
例句：
a lapse into barbarism.
倒退到野蛮状态

A moral fall:
道德上的堕落：
例句：
a lapse from grace.
名誉扫地

A break in continuity; a pause:
间隔：连续性的间断；中断：
例句：
a lapse in the conversation.
谈话中的间隔

A period of time; an interval:
一断时间；间隔：
例句：
a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
两次革命间几年时间的间隔

Law The termination of a right or privilege through disuse, neglect, or death.
【法律】 失效，终止：通过不用、忽视或死亡而达到的权力或特权的终止

来源：
Middle English lapsen [to deviate from the normal]
中古英语 lapsen [从正常偏离]
from laps [lapse of time, sin] from Old French [lapse of time] from Latin l3psus [from past participle of] l3bo [to lapse]
源自 laps [时间流逝，罪行] 源自 古法语 [时间流逝] 源自 拉丁语 l3psus [] 源自l3bo的过去分词 [消逝，终止]
and from Latin l3ps3re [frequentative of] l3bo
并源自 拉丁语 l3ps3re [] l3bo的重复动词
Latin l3bo l3ps- [to lapse]
拉丁语 l3bo l3ps- [消逝，终止]

【引伸】
laps.er
n.（名词）