lapse
英[læps] 美[læps]
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
"He sank into nirvana"
"The correspondence lapsed"
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
"He lapsed his membership"
"three years elapsed"
1.闪失；过失；失检
Alapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well.
e.g. On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommonlapse.
星期五那天他的表现既不得体，又有失尊严。如此失态非常少有。
2.（一时的）疏忽，大意，开小差
Alapse of something such as concentration or judgment is a temporary lack of that thing, which can often cause you to make a mistake.
e.g. I had a littlelapse of concentration in the middle of the race...
我在比赛中途一时走神。
e.g. He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste...
由于他是天才，所以品位上偶有差池大家也不会介意。
3.陷入，进入（某种安静或静止状态）
If youlapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
e.g. She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence...
她不知嘟囔了几句什么后就不再开口。
e.g. Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
多丽丝·布朗闭上眼睛，安然入睡。
4.（通常指短暂地）进入，陷入（某种说话或行事方式）
If someonelapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period.
e.g. She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme...
她改用童声唱起童谣来。
e.g. Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with andlapse into bad behaviour.
青少年偶尔会因感到压力太大无所适从而做出不良行为。
5.（时间的）间隔
Alapse of time is a period that is long enough for a situation to change or for people to have a different opinion about it.
e.g. ...the restoration of diplomatic relations after alapse of 24 years...
时隔24年后外交关系的恢复
e.g. There is usually a timelapse between receipt of new information and its publication.
新信息的接收与发布之间通常会间隔一段时间。
6.（时间）流逝，消逝，推移
If a period of timelapses, it passes.
lapse是什么意思
e.g. New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
新的产品和生产工序要经过一段相当长的时间后才能向发展中国家转移。
7.结束；终止
If a situation or legal contractlapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended.
lapse
e.g. Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed...
她已不再是工党党员。
e.g. Ford allowed the name and trademark tolapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世纪80年代废止了该名称和商标。
8.停止信教；背弃信仰；脱离宗教关系
If a member of a particular religionlapses, they stop believing in it or stop following its rules and practices.
e.g. I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus...
我20多岁时曾经停止信教，后来一度又信，再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。
e.g. She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
她称自己已不再信仰天主教。
1. 失效：(1)在权力可能被行使的期限中,在服从于权力的财产范围内,撤回(withdrawal)权力持有人被对待的方式与可撤销信托的委托人相同;以及(2)当权力失效(lapse)、撤销(release)或放弃(waiver)时,
2. 过失：以失误心理学为基础的失误分类方法强调人的行为与意向的关系. Reason以关系分类法的观点,在Rasmussem的SRK模型基础上,用概念法提出一种概念分类方案,将所有的失误分为:疏忽(slip),过失(lapse)和错误(mistake).
The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse.
这名男子承认超速行驶,并且为自己的过失道歉。
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。
The lapse of time is irreversible.
时光流逝不可逆转。
The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin from my memory.
时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡。
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。
Wives were expected to forgive their husbands' lapses.
希望做妻子的原谅丈夫一时行为失检。
Remind me to renew the driver's license.It will lapse next month.
提醒我更换驾驶执照，它下个月就失效了。
An offer will lapse or disappear on the happening of certain events.
要约在一些特定事项出现时失效。
The days lapsed away.
日子在不知不觉之中过去。
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
The gun began to lapse into silence.
炮声已开始沉寂了。
a lapse of concentration'/memory
心不在焉；记错
A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match.
她最后一盘稍有失误，输掉了整场比赛。
After a lapse of six months we met up again.
相隔六个月之后我们又相遇了。
She had allowed her membership to lapse.
她的会员资格期满终止，没有再续。
His concentration lapsed after a few minutes.
几分钟后他的注意力就下降了。
He lapsed from Judaism when he was a student.
他当学生时就放弃了犹太教。
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失效的认购
lapsed faith
背弃的信仰
a lapsed Catholic
丧失信仰的天主教徒
to lapse into unconsciousness'/a coma
逐渐失去知觉 / 陷入昏迷状态
She lapsed into silence again.
她又陷入了沉默。
He soon lapsed back into his old ways.
他很快又犯老毛病了。
On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五那天他的表现既不得体，又有失尊严。如此失态非常少有。
I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race...
我在比赛中途一时走神。
He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste...
由于他是天才，所以品位上偶有差池大家也不会介意。
She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence...
她不知嘟囔了几句什么后就不再开口。
Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
多丽丝·布朗闭上眼睛，安然入睡。
She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme...
她改用童声唱起童谣来。
Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour.
青少年偶尔会因感到压力太大无所适从而做出不良行为。
...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years...
时隔24年后外交关系的恢复
There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication.
新信息的接收与发布之间通常会间隔一段时间。
New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
新的产品和生产工序要经过一段相当长的时间后才能向发展中国家转移。
Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed...
她已不再是工党党员。
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。
I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus...
我20多岁时曾经停止信教，后来一度又信，再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。
She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
她称自己已不再信仰天主教。
A lapse of a hundred years is not much in the story of..Florence.
出自：M. O. W. OliphantThe fountain made itself heard,..marking off the lapse of seconds, the progress of hours.
出自：F. NorrisRippling waves that lapsed in silver hush Upon the beach.
出自：Dickens