English Dictionary

lapse

IPA（発音記号）

/læps/

名詞

A temporary failure; a slip. / A decline or fall in standards. / A pause in continuity. / An interval of time between events. / A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

日本語の意味

一時的な失敗や過失 / 基準・水準の低下 / 連続性の一時的中断 / 出来事間の時間の隔たり / 使用停止や怠慢による権利などの消滅

Her brief lapse in concentration led to a costly mistake.

彼女の集中力の一時的な失敗が大きなミスにつながった。

意味（1）

A temporary failure; a slip.

Now, tho’ this Scripture may be usefully understood and apply’d by us as a Caution to guard against those Lapses and Failings to which our Infirmities daily expose us

意味（2）

A decline or fall in standards.

The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity

意味（3）

A pause in continuity.

意味（4）

An interval of time between events.

Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame

意味（5）

A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

意味（6）

(meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

意味（7）

(law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

意味（8）

(theology) A fall or apostasy.

lapses （ plural ）