lapsed

1. N-COUNT 闪失；过失；失检
   A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well.
   1. On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
      星期五那天他的表现既不得体，又有失尊严。如此失态非常少有。
2. N-COUNT （一时的）疏忽，大意，开小差
   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.
   1. I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race...
      我在比赛中途一时走神。
   2. 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会介意。
   3. The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.
      这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
3. VERB 陷入，进入（某种安静或静止状态）
   If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.
   1. She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence...
      她不知嘟囔了几句什么后就不再开口。
   2. Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
      多丽丝·布朗闭上眼睛，安然入睡。
4. VERB （通常指短暂地）进入，陷入（某种说话或行事方式）
   If someone lapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period.
   1. She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme...
      她改用童声唱起童谣来。
   2. Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour.
      青少年偶尔会因感到压力太大无所适从而做出不良行为。
   3. Lapse is also a noun.
      
   4. Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue.
      她冒出几句德语并不足为奇。毕竟那是她的母语。
5. N-SING （时间的）间隔
   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.
   1. ...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years...
      时隔24年后外交关系的恢复
   2. There is usually a time lapse between receipt of new information and its publication.
      新信息的接收与发布之间通常会间隔一段时间。
6. VERB （时间）流逝，消逝，推移
   If a period of time lapses, it passes.
   1. New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
      新的产品和生产工序要经过一段相当长的时间后才能向发展中国家转移。
7. VERB 结束；终止
   If a situation or legal contract lapses, it is allowed to end rather than being continued, renewed, or extended.
   1. Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed...
      她已不再是工党党员。
   2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
      福特在20世纪80年代废止了该名称和商标。
8. VERB 停止信教；背弃信仰；脱离宗教关系
   If a member of a particular religion lapses, they stop believing in it or stop following its rules and practices.
   1. I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus...
      我20多岁时曾经停止信教，后来一度又信，再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。
   2. She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
      她称自己已不再信仰天主教。

1. She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence
   她不知嘟囔了几句什么后就不再开口。
2. Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep.
   多丽丝·布朗闭上眼睛，安然入睡。
3. She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme
   她改用童声唱起童谣来。
4. New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
   新的产品和生产工序要经过一段相当长的时间后才能向发展中国家转移。
5. Her membership of the Labour Party has lapsed
   她已不再是工党党员。
6. I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus
   我20多岁时曾经停止信教，后来一度又信，再后来撰写历史上耶稣的生平故事时又再脱教。
7. She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
   她称自己已不再信仰天主教。
8. There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.
   他的性格有致命的缺陷，随着时间的推移，他陷入了久久的沉默，或者变得漠然。
9. He lapsed into long silences or became offensively off-hand
   他要么陷入长时间的沉默，要么变得简慢无礼。
10. The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence
    那些冒犯者都闷不作声了。
11. Some lapsed into reading and others into sleep.
    一些人埋头阅读，另一些人却睡着了。
12. Her right to the property has lapsed.
    她的财产权失效了。
13. The wounded soldier opened his eyes, smiled at us, and them lapsed into unconsciousness again.
    伤员睁开眼睛朝我们笑了笑，然后又失去了知觉。
14. He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits.
    很快地他又养成了以前的那些坏习惯。
15. A few weeks before my due date., mother lapsed into a deep coma.
    就在离预产期只有几周的时候，母亲陷入了重度昏迷。
16. I lapsed many years ago, I'm afraid.
    恐怕我多年前就不信教了。
17. I see that I have lapsed into parable and ecstatic declamation.
    我知道我在比喻和狂喜的辩论中造成了遗误。
18. He had lapsed into unconsciousness.
    他陷入了昏迷状态。
19. His driver's license lapsed when he failed to renew it.
    他的驾驶执照没有更续而失效了。
20. He lapsed his policy.
    他废止了他的政策。
21. He sat down and lapsed into an unhappy silence.
    他坐下，闷闷不乐地陷入了沉默。
22. His claim to the land lapsed because he forgot to pay the rent.
    他对那块土地的要求权沦丧了，因为他忘了付租金。
23. His anger lapsed, and the numbness of bewilderment returned.
    他的怒火渐渐平息了，那种茫茫然的麻痹的感觉又兜上了心头。
24. She lapsed into silence again.
    她又陷入了沉默。
25. Several hours lapsed before he woke up.
    过了好几个小时他才醒。
26. At this he lapsed into ebullient laughter again& and so did I, my suspicions gradually receding.
    他又发出了一串串的笑声，我也笑了，我的怀疑慢慢减退。
27. She lapsed into silence and waved me away.
    她陷入沉默之中，挥手示意我离开。
28. We talked nonstop at first, but soon lapsed into silence.
    开始我们谈个不停，但过不多久我们陷入了沉默。
29. This law has lapsed.
    这法律已经失效了。
30. My membership lapsed because I never attended the meeting.
    我的会员资格已经失效，因为我不曾去开会。

adj

1. no longer active or practicing
   1. a lapsed Catholic

   Synonym:    nonchurchgoing