| 釋義 |
lapse /laeps; laeps/ n [C] 1 slight error in speech or behaviour; slip of the memory, tongue or pen. 言行上些微的差錯(cuò); 記錯(cuò); 失言; 筆誤。 2 ~ ( from) (into), falling away from what is right: 過(guò)失; 錯(cuò)誤： ~ from virtue; 道德上的過(guò)失(墮落); a ~ from true belief into heresy. 背棄真正信仰，相信異端邪說(shuō)。 3 (of time) passing away; interval: (指時(shí)間)流逝; 間歇： the ~ of me, 時(shí)間的流逝 a long ~ of time. 一段長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。 4 (legal) ending of a right, etc from failure to use it or ask for its renewal. (法律)權(quán)利等的終止或喪失(因未加使用或未要求廣續(xù)所致)。 vi 1 [VP2A, 3A] ~ (from) (into), fail to keep one's position; fall (from good ways into bad ways): 失足; 墮落： ~ from virtue into vice; 墮落; ~ into bad habits; 養(yǎng)成惡習(xí); a ~d Catholic. 叛教的天主教徒。 2 [VP2A] (legal) (of rights and privileges) be lost because not used, claimed or renewed. (法律)(指權(quán)利及特權(quán)因未使用，未要求或未鹿績(jī)而)終止; 失效。 |