relapse

英 [rɪ'læps] 美 [rɪ'læps]

• v. 复发；再陷入；故态复萌
• n. 再发；重陷；故态复萌

英英释义

Noun:

1. a failure to maintain a higher state

Verb:

1. deteriorate in health;

   "he relapsed"
   

2. go back to bad behavior;

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Some patients will relapse.
   一些患者会复发。
2. We were afraid he might relapse into a coma.
   我们担心他可能再次陷入昏迷。
3. He had relapsed into silence again.
   他再一次陷入沉默。
4. He kept off drink for a few weeks, but now he has relapsed.
   他酒戒了两三个星期，可是现在故态复萌。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He can't return to work because he's had a relapse.
   他不能回去工作，因为旧病复发了。
2. He swore not to steal but he suffered a relapse and committed crimes again.
   他发过誓不再偷了，可不久又旧病复发，走上了犯罪道路。

经典引文

• Bilar was cheerfully recovering...Then he had a relapse.

  出自： P. Cutting

• The country was on the point of relapsing into heathen barbarism.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

词汇搭配

• late relapse 远期复发
• repeated relapse 多次复发
• have a relapse 旧病复发
• relapse into silence 恢复沉默

近反义词

【近义词】

• revert 恢复
• regress 倒退
• reverse 逆转
• return 返回
• lapse 过失
• fall back 后退
• reversion 返回
• go back to 追溯到
• deteriorate 恶化
• degenerate 退化
• worsen (使)更坏
• deterioration 恶化
• decline 下降
• degeneration 堕落
• waning (月亮)渐亏的...
• setback 挫折
• reaction 反应
• slip back 退到(退回
• slip 滑倒
• back 后面
• retrogress 倒退
• backsliding 动词backslide的...
• recidivate 复犯
• lapsing 动词lapse的现在进行...
• reverting 动词revert的现在进...
• relapsing 动词relapse的现在...
• get worse 转坏