verb🔗Share逐渐消失，衰退。 To fall away gradually; to subside."Her gym membership lapsed because she forgot to renew it. "她的健身房会员资格因为她忘记续费而失效了。timeactiontendencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share堕落，误入歧途。 To fall into error or heresy."After years of faithfully attending church, she lapsed into agnosticism, questioning the existence of God. "多年来她一直虔诚地去教堂，后来却堕落成了不可知论者，开始质疑上帝的存在。religiontheologymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share堕落，陷入，重蹈覆辙 To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid."After weeks of successfully quitting, he lapsed and smoked a cigarette. "戒烟几周成功后，他又没忍住，抽了根烟。（戒烟几周成功后，他又堕落了，抽了根烟。）tendencyactionmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share失效，作废。 To become void."Her gym membership lapsed because she forgot to renew it. "她的健身房会员卡因为她忘了续费，所以失效了。lawbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share失效, 终止. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee."Because she forgot to pay the renewal fee, her membership to the gym lapsed. "因为她忘记支付续费，她的健身房会员资格就失效了。propertylawbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share失效的，废止的。 Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use."My gym membership is lapsed because I forgot to renew it. "我的健身房会员资格已经失效了，因为我忘记续费了。timepastconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share堕落的， 背弃的. (of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith."After moving to the city and being surrounded by different beliefs, she became a lapsed Catholic, no longer attending church or practicing her faith. "搬到城市后，周围充斥着各种不同的信仰，她变成了一个不再信奉天主教的人，不再去教堂，也不再实践她的信仰，可以算是一个背弃天主教的信徒了。religionconditionpersonmoraltheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share放弃信仰的，不再信奉的 By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence."He considered himself a lapsed vegetarian after eating a steak at a barbecue. "在烧烤时吃了一块牛排后，他觉得自己已经算是一个放弃素食信仰的人了。religionphilosophycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share失效的, 过期的。 (of a legacy) Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed."Because no one came forward to claim it after many years, the unclaimed scholarship fund became a lapsed legacy and was used for general school expenses. "由于多年无人认领，这笔无人认领的奖学金基金变成了一笔失效的遗产，被用于学校的日常开支。propertylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
