不及物动词
1. The lease has lapsed.
这一租约已经失效。
2. Several hours lapsed before he woke up.
过了好几个小时他才醒。
3. Then the conversation lapsed and all was still and quiet.
接着谈话声就听不到了，四周万籁俱寂。
4. I fear she has lapsed again.
我怕她又失检了。
名词
1. lapse是什么意思
1. Her grief over her child's death was not at all relieved by the lapse of time.
时间的推移并未减轻她的失子之痛。