| 英语单词 | relapse |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'læps] 美 [rɪ'læps] |
| 中文释义 | v.复发;再陷入;故态复萌 n.再发;重陷;故态复萌 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Some patients will relapse. (2) He had relapsed into silence again. (3) He kept off drink for a few weeks, but now he has relapsed. (4) He can't return to work because he's had a relapse. (5) He swore not to steal but he suffered a relapse and committed crimes again. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 一些患者会复发。 (2) 他再一次陷入沉默。 (3) 他酒戒了两三个星期,可是现在故态复萌。 (4) 他不能回去工作,因为旧病复发了。 (5) 他发过誓不再偷了,可不久又旧病复发,走上了犯罪道路。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A relapse is a decline, especially of someone's health. If your grandmother survived cancer only to have it return two years later, you could say she suffered a relapse. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Relapse implies that someone has recovered from an illness and slid back into a worse state, like when you are getting over a cold but then you suddenly feel bad all over again. Unwanted behavior can also be described this way; if you find yourself biting your nails again, it's a nail-biting relapse. The Latin word relabi is the root of relapse, slip back. |
| 柯林斯解释 | The noun can be pronounced /rɪ'læps/ or /'riːlæps/. 名词可读作/rɪ'læps/或/'riːlæps/。 1 [VERB 动词]故态复萌;重新陷入;倒退 If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way again. [V
2 [VERB 动词]旧病复发;再次发病 If a sick person relapses, their health suddenly gets worse after it had been improving. [V]
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