lapse

v.停止；n.疏忽大意

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
lapse (noun)
1.
a) a slight error typically due to forgetfulness or inattention - a lapse in table manners
b) a temporary deviation or fall especially from a higher to a lower state - a lapse from grace
2.
a becoming less - decline
3.
a) (1) the termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within some limit of time
(2) termination of coverage for nonpayment of premiums
b) - interruption discontinuance returned to college after a lapse of several years
4.
an abandonment of religious faith
5.
a passage of time , also - interval error
lapse (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to fall from an attained and usually high level (as of morals or manners) to one much lower , also to depart from an accepted pattern or standard
b) - sink slip lapsed into unconsciousness
2.
to go out of existence - cease after a few polite exchanges, the conversation lapsed
3.
to pass from one proprietor to another or from an original owner by omission or negligence - allowed the insurance policy to lapse
4.
transitive verb
to glide along - pass time lapses to let slip - forfeit all of those who have lapsed their membership AAUP Bulletin
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
lapse (noun)
1.
a change in status for the worse usually temporarily
SYNONYMS:
knock, lapse, reversal, setback
RELATED WORDS:
disappointment, frustration, letdown; comedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fall; turnabout, turnaround; recession, regression, retrogression, reversion; relapse; breakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing
NEAR ANTONYMS:
status quo
lapse (noun)
2.
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
SYNONYMS:
blunder, bobble, boob, boo-boo, brick, clanger, clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip
RELATED WORDS:
bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding
NEAR ANTONYMS:
accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection
lapse (noun)
3.
the stopping of a process or activity
SYNONYMS:
arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination
RELATED WORDS:
mop-up, phaseout; abeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension
NEAR ANTONYMS:
extension, persistence, prolongation
continuance, continuation
lapse (verb)
to come to an end
SYNONYMS:
break off, break up, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)
RELATED WORDS:
desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from); give over [], knock off, pack (up in); break down, conk (out), cut out, stall; pause, stay, suspend; abate, peter (out), wind down
NEAR ANTONYMS:
draw out, extend, prolong, protract
continue, hang on, persist
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