| 释义 |
lapse²v [i]to end, especially because the official period when something is allowed to continue has ended ［尤指过了有效期而］失效，终止:◇your membership of the tennis club has lapsed. 你的网球俱乐部会员资格已失效。lapse into sth1 to become silent or asleep, or start to be in a particular state or condition 陷入［进入］…状态:◇they lapsed into silence. 他们陷入了沉默。2 to start behaving or speaking in a different way ［以不同的方式］开始做［说］:◇without thinking he lapsed into french. 他想都没想就说起了法语。 |