名詞流逝; 小錯(cuò)，疏忽; 行為失檢，失足; [法]（權(quán)利等的）失效，消失
不及物動(dòng)詞退步; 陷入，墮入; 失效，終止; [法]轉(zhuǎn)歸
不及物動(dòng)詞
1. The lease has lapsed.
這一租約已經(jīng)失效。
2. Several hours lapsed before he woke up.
過(guò)了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)他才醒。
3. Then the conversation lapsed and all was still and quiet.
接著談話聲就聽(tīng)不到了，四周萬(wàn)籟俱寂。
4. I fear she has lapsed again.
我怕她又失檢了。
名詞
1. lapse是什么意思
1. Her grief over her child's death was not at all relieved by the lapse of time.
時(shí)間的推移并未減輕她的失子之痛。
1. 失效：(1)在權(quán)力可能被行使的期限中,在服從于權(quán)力的財(cái)產(chǎn)范圍內(nèi),撤回(withdrawal)權(quán)力持有人被對(duì)待的方式與可撤銷信托的委托人相同;以及(2)當(dāng)權(quán)力失效(lapse)、撤銷(release)或放棄(waiver)時(shí),
2. 過(guò)失：以失誤心理學(xué)為基礎(chǔ)的失誤分類方法強(qiáng)調(diào)人的行為與意向的關(guān)系. Reason以關(guān)系分類法的觀點(diǎn),在Rasmussem的SRK模型基礎(chǔ)上,用概念法提出一種概念分類方案,將所有的失誤分為:疏忽(slip),過(guò)失(lapse)和錯(cuò)誤(mistake).
1. 閃失；過(guò)失；失檢
A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well.
lapse是什么意思
e.g. On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五那天他的表現(xiàn)既不得體，又有失尊嚴(yán)。如此失態(tài)非常少有。
2. （一時(shí)的）疏忽，大意，開(kāi)小差
A lapse 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 little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race...
我在比賽中途一時(shí)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會(huì)介意。
3. 陷入，進(jìn)入（某種安靜或靜止?fàn)顟B(tài)）
If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
e.g. She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence...
她不知嘟囔了幾句什么后就不再開(kāi)口。
e.g. Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
多麗絲·布朗閉上眼睛，安然入睡。
4. （通常指短暫地）進(jìn)入，陷入（某種說(shuō)話或行事方式）
If someone lapses 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...
她改用童聲唱起童謠來(lái)。
e.g. Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour.
青少年偶爾會(huì)因感到壓力太大無(wú)所適從而做出不良行為。
5. （時(shí)間的）間隔
A lapse 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 a lapse of 24 years...
時(shí)隔24年后外交關(guān)系的恢復(fù)
e.g. There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication.
新信息的接收與發(fā)布之間通常會(huì)間隔一段時(shí)間。
6. （時(shí)間）流逝，消逝，推移
If a period of time lapses, it passes.
lapse的翻譯
e.g. New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
新的產(chǎn)品和生產(chǎn)工序要經(jīng)過(guò)一段相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間后才能向發(fā)展中國(guó)家轉(zhuǎn)移。
7. 結(jié)束；終止
If a situation or legal contract lapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended.
e.g. Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed...
她已不再是工黨黨員。
e.g. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世紀(jì)80年代廢止了該名稱和商標(biāo)。
8. 停止信教；背棄信仰；脫離宗教關(guān)系
If a member of a particular religion lapses, 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多歲時(shí)曾經(jīng)停止信教，后來(lái)一度又信，再后來(lái)撰寫(xiě)歷史上耶穌的生平故事時(shí)又再脫教。
e.g. She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
她稱自己已不再信仰天主教。