您好!欢迎访问每日学习网! 字典 词典 诗词

lapse

英 [læps] 美[læps]
  • n. 失效;流逝;过失
  • vi. 失效;流逝;背离,失检;陷入

CET6+TEM8IELTSGRE考研低频词常用词汇

词态变化


复数: lapses;第三人称单数: lapses;过去式: lapsed;过去分词: lapsed;现在分词: lapsing;形容词: lapsed;

助记提示


1. 时间溜走、流逝。

中文词源


lapse 过错,疏忽

来自拉丁语labi,滑落,滑倒,来自PIE*sleib,*slei,黏,滑,词源同slip,lime.引申词义过错,疏忽。

英文词源


lapse (n.)
mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right," from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error," from labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is c. 1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 1650s.
lapse (v.)
early 15c., said to be from lapse (n.) or from Latin lapsare "to lose one's footing." Related: Lapsed; lapses; lapsing.

双语例句


1. He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.
他知道自己可能很快就会失去知觉。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世纪80年代废止了该名称和商标。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a momentary lapse of concentration
走神儿

来自《权威词典》

4. a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
一组延时拍摄花蕾开放的镜头

来自《权威词典》

5. His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.
他的酗酒恶习带来了一连串的不幸.

来自《简明英汉词典》

高考 自考 留学 英语 字典 词典 成语 古诗 造句 作文 地图