美 [læps ˈɪntə]
陷入：短暂地开始使用或做（应该避免的事物）。
陷入（更糟糕或不活跃的状态或条件）：开始处于（更糟糕或不活跃的状态或条件）。
... torture 折磨 lapse into 跌入 jittery 神经过敏的，战战兢兢的 ...
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。
How easy it is for even an energetic person to lapse into a pleasant languor.
让一个即使精力充沛的人颓废到慵懒的状态是多么的容易。
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。
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。
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She quickly recovers from this brief lapse, a momentary lapse, into sensual reverie.
迅速地从这个短暂的过失恢复回来，霎那间的过失，一个感官的遐想。
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But in this day and age, that is a sure-fire way to lapse into mediocrity.
FORBES: Are you really trying to gain leadership in the market?
Last May Apollo let U.S. household goods retailer Linens 'n Things lapse into bankruptcy.
The temptation is strong to take to a lounger and lapse into basking-iguana consciousness.