英 [læpst] 美 [læpst]
v. （权利的）终止；（协议的）满期；失效；（状态、活动）中止；（宗教或学说的追随者）背离；回复（先前或习惯的言语或行为）；衰退；（时间）逝去（lapse 的过去式及过去分词）
adj. 不再参与的，脱离的；（尤指宗教信仰）背弃的；终止的；不再付款的
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。
(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：
流逝(lapsed), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
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失效的；堕落的；转归他人的
She lapsed into silence again.
她又陷入了沉默。
He had lapsed into unconsciousness.
他陷入了昏迷状态。
He soon lapsed back into his old ways.
他很快又犯老毛病了。
Rather, as a bilateral, non-dispositive treaty, the ABM Treaty lapsed when the USSR ceased to exist.
Where it lapsed, in southern slaveholding colonies, a long period of economic backwardness resulted.
To digress, eight similar anti-corruption bills introduced by successive governments between 1968 and 2001 had lapsed.