英语词汇“lapsed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Someone who's lapsed has stopped participating in some activity or following some particular rules. A lapsed Baptist was raised in the Baptist church but no longer practices this religion.

If you describe yourself as a lapsed Catholic or a lapsed Hindu, you once took an active part in your religion and now you don't — in fact, you may no longer believe. This adjective can also mean "expired," like your dog's lapsed license, which ran out months ago and you keep forgetting to renew. Lapsed comes from the verb lapse, which stems from either the Latin lapsus, "a slipping and falling," or lapsare, "to lose one's footing."

WORD FAMILY

lapse: lapsed, lapses, lapsing, relapse+/relapse: relapsed, relapses, relapsing

USAGE EXAMPLES

When they lapsed, there were reports of “gallant troops” who “fought gamely” in a “battle royal” by means of “raids on entrenchments.”

New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)

After collapsing several times and repeated stun gun jolts, Towns lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later, prosecutors said.

Reuters(Dec 21, 2016)

After collapsing several times and repeated stun gun jolts, Towns lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later, Howard said.

Reuters(Dec 16, 2016)

adj no longer active or practicing

a lapsed Catholic

Syn

nonchurchgoing
irreligious

hostile or indifferent to religion

单词	lapsed
释义	lapsed (once / 2813 pages) adj Someone who's lapsed has stopped participating in some activity or following some particular rules. A lapsed Baptist was raised in the Baptist church but no longer practices this religion. If you describe yourself as a lapsed Catholic or a lapsed Hindu, you once took an active part in your religion and now you don't — in fact, you may no longer believe. This adjective can also mean "expired," like your dog's lapsed license, which ran out months ago and you keep forgetting to renew. Lapsed comes from the verb lapse, which stems from either the Latin lapsus, "a slipping and falling," or lapsare, "to lose one's footing." WORD FAMILY lapse: lapsed, lapses, lapsing, relapse+/relapse: relapsed, relapses, relapsing USAGE EXAMPLES When they lapsed, there were reports of “gallant troops” who “fought gamely” in a “battle royal” by means of “raids on entrenchments.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) After collapsing several times and repeated stun gun jolts, Towns lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later, prosecutors said. Reuters(Dec 21, 2016) After collapsing several times and repeated stun gun jolts, Towns lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later, Howard said. Reuters(Dec 16, 2016) adj no longer active or practicing a lapsed Catholic Syn nonchurchgoing irreligious hostile or indifferent to religion
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