lapse
/læps/📚 10169 1考研雅思A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well. (一时的) 行为失检
noun [抽象名词]过失，小失误；（一时的）行为失检；（两件事发生的）间隔时间；（活动的）暂停，中断；开始说，开始做；（因未继续缴费而导致的）终止，结束
On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五他既不庄重也不体面。这可是他少有的失礼。
verb [vi. 不及物动词]（时间）流逝；（合同、协议等）失效，期满终止；（状态，活动）中止，结束；背弃，放弃（宗教信仰）；开始（以某种方式）说话、行事（lapse into）
She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence.
她咕哝了几句难以理解的话，然后就陷入了沉默。
laps(滑) + e → 滑走 → 流逝
单词造句:
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- I had a little lapse of concentration in the middle of the race. 我在比赛中走了一下神。
- He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste. 他是一个天才，因此他偶失得体，人们也可以接受。
- She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme. 她用小女孩的声音唱起了一首童谣。
- Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue. 她开始说德语并不奇怪，毕竟那是她的母语。
- ...the restoration of diplomatic relations after a lapse of 24 years. …间隔24年后外交关系的恢复。
- New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed. 只有经过很长时间以后，新产品和新生产流程才转移到发展中国家。
- The terms of the treaty lapsed in 1987. 协定的条款在1987年就终止了。
- I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus. 我20来岁就放弃信教，后来又信了。到后来在写历史上的耶稣生平时又放弃了信教。