relapse

relapse
[rɪˈlaps]
verb
  1. [no obj.](of someone suffering from a disease) suffer deterioratiuon after a period of improvement
    (患者病情好转后)重新恶化,(病)复发
    ■(relapse into)return to (a less active or a worse state)
    返回(先前状态);返回(不佳状态)
    he relapsed into silence.
    他再次陷入沉默。
noun
  1. a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
    (旧病)复发;恶化
    he suffered a relapse of schizophrenia after a car crash.
    车祸后他的精神分裂症复发了。
派生
relapser
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin relaps- 'slipped back', from the verb relabi, from re- 'back' + labi 'to slip'. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing
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