lapsing
v. 退步( lapse的現在分詞 ); 陷入; 倒退; 喪失
A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well.
On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五那天他的表現既不得體,又有失尊嚴。如此失態非常少有。
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.
I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race...
我在比賽中途一時走神。
He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste...
由於他是天才,所以品位上偶有差池大家也不會介意。
If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence...
她不知嘟囔了幾句什麼後就不再開口。
Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
多麗絲·布朗閉上眼睛,安然入睡。
If someone lapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period.
She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme...
她改用童聲唱起童謠來。
Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour.
青少年偶爾會因感到壓力太大無所適從而做出不良行為。
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.
...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years...
時隔24年後外交關係的恢復
There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication.
新資訊的接收與釋出之間通常會間隔一段時間。
If a period of time lapses, it passes.
New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
新的產品和生產工序要經過一段相當長的時間後才能向發展中國家轉移。
If a situation or legal contract lapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended.
Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed...
她已不再是工黨黨員。
Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世紀80年代廢止了該名稱和商標。
If a member of a particular religion lapses, they stop believing in it or stop following its rules and practices.
I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus...
我20多歲時曾經停止信教,後來一度又信,再後來撰寫歷史上耶穌的生平故事時又再脫教。
She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
她稱自己已不再信仰天主教。
1. a failure to maintain a higher state
I saw the pavement lapsing beneath my feet.
我看到道路在我腳下滑過.
From lapsing into eagerness on this point she earnestly prayed she might be delivered.
她誠心祝禱,但願她不致在這個問題上花費太多的精力.
Budget closure: Lapsing of authority to incur approved Budgetary expenses.
預算關閉期: 指停止使用已批准的預算支出權力的限期.
To study the effect of proteinase in development and lapsing in tonsillitis.
目的:為探討蛋白分解酶在扁桃體炎發展和轉歸中所起的作用.
After lapsing into stately, sleepy old age are exhibiting new sprinklings of green at their tops.
這些樹進入穩重莊嚴又昏沈欲睡的老年後,樹頂又展示新長的綠色嫩葉.