| 单词 | relapse |
| 释义 | relapse (once / 1076 pages) vn A relapse is a decline, especially of someone's health. If your grandmother survived cancer only to have it return two years later, you could say she suffered a relapse. Relapse implies that someone has recovered from an illness and slid back into a worse state, like when you are getting over a cold but then you suddenly feel bad all over again. Unwanted behavior can also be described this way; if you find yourself biting your nails again, it's a nail-biting relapse. The Latin word relabi is the root of relapse, slip back. WORD FAMILYrelapse: relapsed, relapses, relapsing+/lapse: lapsed, lapses, lapsing, relapse USAGE EXAMPLESDoctors carefully cut back on chemo and radiation for patients who seemed unlikely to relapse. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) Goldman said he is hopeful that a relapse won’t occur. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) But like others here, she is afraid of relapsing. New York Times(Dec 11, 2016) 1v deteriorate in health he relapsed Syn|Ant|Hyper get worse bounce back, get over, get well improve in health change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v go back to bad behavior Syn|Hyper fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back go back to a previous state 3n a failure to maintain a higher state Syn|Hypo|Hyper backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting recidivism habitual relapse into crime failure an act that fails |
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