| 单词 | lapse |
| 释义 | lapse n. & v. --n 1. a slight error; a slip of memory etc. 2. a weak or careless decline into an inferior state. 3. (foll. by of) an interval or passage of time (after a lapse of three years). 4. Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures. --vintr. 1. fail to maintain a position or standard. 2. (foll. by into) fall back into an inferior or previous state. 3. (of a right or privilege etc.) become invalid because it is not used or claimed or renewed. 4. (as lapsed adj.) (of a person or thing) that has lapsed. Phrases and idioms lapse rate Meteorol. the rate at which the temperature falls with increasing altitude. Derivatives lapser n. Etymology: L lapsus f. labi laps- glide, slip, fall |
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