lapse

lapse
noun
  1. a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
    （注意力，记忆）短暂丧失；（判断）失误，差错
    a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match.
    第二局中她一失神失败了。
    ■a weak or careless decline from previously high standards
    衰退；陷入（某种状态）
    tracing his lapse into petty crime.
    追踪他小打小闹作奸犯科的缘由。
    ■(Law)the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures
    (律)（权力，特权）终止，失效
  2. an interval or passage of time
    时间间隔，时间段
    there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events.
    两次事件之间有一相当长的间隔。
verb
[no obj.]
  1. (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
    （权力，特权，协议）终止，失效
    he let his membership of CND lapse.
    他中止了自己的核裁军运动成员身份。
    ■(of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end
    （状态，活动）中止，结束
    if your diet has lapsed it's time you revived it.
    如果你停止节食了，现在就应该恢复。
    ■(of an adherent of a particular religion or doctrine) cease to follow the rules and practices of that religion or doctrine
    （宗教或学说的追随者）背离，放弃
    [as adj. lapsed]a lapsed Catholic.
    一个已改变信仰的天主教徒。
  2. (lapse into)pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
    堕入，陷入
    the country has lapsed into chaos.
    该国陷入混乱。
    ■revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour)
    回复（从前或习惯的言语行为方式）
    the girls lapsed into French.
    这女孩又改说她习惯的法语了。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi 'to glide, slip, or fall'; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare 'to slip or stumble'
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