relapse

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n. 回复, 故态复萌, 复发 vi. 故态复萌, 再陷邪道, 再度堕落

发音

其它 /ɹɪˈlæps/
其它 /ɹɪˈlæps/
US /ɹɪˈlæps/

词形变化

relapses 复数 relapsed relapses 三单 relapses relapsest relapseth relapsing relapsing 现在分词 relapsed 过去式 relapsed 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The act or situation of relapsing.

    a drug relapse

  2. 2.

    An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement

    医学
  3. 3.

    One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

    废旧
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

    不及物

    He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.

    to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism

    to relapse into slumber after being disturbed

  2. 2.

    To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

    不及物 医学
  3. 3.

    To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.

    非正式 不及物

    relapsed after 5 months of being clean

  4. 4.

    To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

lapse backsliding lapsing relapsing reversion

上位词 1

failure

下位词 1

recidivism
动词

同义词 5

lapse fallback regress recidivate retrogress

上位词 6

turn return revert regress turn back retrovert

词源

From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).

来源：wiktionary