英 [læps] 美 [læps]
n. 过失，小失误；（一时的）行为失检；（两件事发生的）间隔时间；（活动的）暂停，中断；开始说，开始做；（因未继续缴费而导致的）终止，结束
v. （时间）流逝；（合同、协议等）失效，期满终止；（状态，活动）中止，结束；背弃，放弃（宗教信仰）；开始（以某种方式）说话、行事（lapse into）
复数lapses
第三人称单数lapses
现在分词lapsing
过去式lapsed
过去分词lapsed
lapse /læps/ CET6+ TEM8 [ lapsing lapsed lapses ]
可数名词 A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well. (一时的) 行为失检
On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五他既不庄重也不体面。这可是他少有的失礼。
可数名词 A lapse of something such as concentration or judgment is a temporary lack of that thing, which can often cause you to make a mistake. (一时的) 走神; 判断错误
I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race.
我在比赛中走了一下神。
He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste.
他是一个天才，因此他偶失得体，人们也可以接受。
不及物动词 If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active. 陷入 (某种静止状态)
She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence.
她咕哝了几句难以理解的话，然后就陷入了沉默。
不及物动词 If someone lapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period. 开始 (以某种方式) 说话; 开始行事
She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme.
她用小女孩的声音唱起了一首童谣。
可数名词 Lapse is also a noun. 开始说; 开始做
Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue.
她开始说德语并不奇怪，毕竟那是她的母语。
单数型名词 A lapse of time is a period that is long enough for a situation to change or for people to have a different opinion about it. (时间的) 间隔
...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years.
…间隔24年后外交关系的恢复。
不及物动词 If a period of time lapses, it passes. 流逝
New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
只有经过很长时间以后，新产品和新生产流程才转移到发展中国家。
不及物动词 If a situation or legal contract lapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended. 终止
The terms of the treaty lapsed in 1987.
协定的条款在1987年就终止了。
不及物动词 If a member of a particular religion lapses, they stop believing in it or stop following its rules and practices. 放弃 (宗教信仰)
I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus.
我20来岁就放弃信教，后来又信了。到后来在写历史上的耶稣生平时又放弃了信教。
a mistake resulting from inattention
同义词： oversight
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
a lapse of three weeks between letters
end, at least for a long time
The correspondence lapsed
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
同义词： backslide
go back to bad behavior
同义词： relapse / recidivate / regress / retrogress / fall back
let slip
He lapsed his membership
(由于未能履行义务或行使权力而导致权利或特权的)失效，终止，丧失
(权利、所有权、契约等的)失效；丧失；消灭：
失误
... kit n.器具包，看着易查软件。成套工具；随身领导物 lapse n.失足 lappropriconsumedop n.手提式小我电脑，膝上型微电脑[电子计算机] ...
失效（Lapse）: 在人身保险合同中，如果保险费为分次给付，依保险惯例，保险合同于投保人给付第一次保险费后生效。
... labored a.吃力的；(文体等)不自然的 lapse n.失误；(时间等)流逝 lattice n.(做篱笆或爬藤架等的)格子架 ...
lapse(堕落), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
失效；流逝；背离，失检；陷入
He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.
他知道他可能很快就会陷入昏迷状态。
She had allowed her membership to lapse.
她的会员资格期满终止，没有再续。
After a lapse of six months we met up again.
相隔六个月之后我们又相遇了。
This time lapse photography shows how the landscape was put together.
VOA : standard.2010.08.09
The rebellious artist Milton and the rebellious astronomer Galileo are continually threatening to lapse into some sort of identity with Satan himself.
叛逆的艺术家弥尔顿，和同样叛逆的天文学家伽利略,不断的陷入某种对撒旦的确认的,危险之中。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
There's a lapse in logic here, and this lapse should focus our interest all the more on the urgency that we feel in Saint Peter's speech.
这里有一处逻辑的空缺，这块空缺将我们所有的兴趣都集中在了,圣彼得的演说中体现出的急迫感。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Third, there could be a time lapse between selling one portfolio and acquiring another.
This may include a simple mistake, a lapse in judgment or failure to exercise due diligence.
Was a controversy involving Britney Spears a few months earlier also an ethical lapse?