relapse

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or situation of relapsing.
    — a drug relapse
  2. An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
  3. One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. intransitive
    — He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
  2. To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement). intransitive
  3. To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence. informal,intransitive,specifically
    — relapsed after 5 months of being clean
  4. To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
    — You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.

词形变化

relapses present,singular,third-person relapsing participle,present relapsed participle,past relapsed past relapses plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
词源 2
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
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