relapse
v (病)复发;(罪)累犯(re再+lapse→一再滑下去→再次犯病等)
释义2:
relapse
/ rI5lAps /
◙ verb1. [no obj.] (of someone suffering from a disease) suffer deterioratiuon after a period of improvement• (患者病情好转后)重新恶化,(病)复发 (relapse into)return to (a less active or a worse state)• 返回(先前状态);返回(不佳状态) »he relapsed into silence. 他再次陷入沉默。◙ noun1. a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement• (旧病)复发;恶化 »he suffered a relapse of schizophrenia after a car crash. 车祸后他的精神分裂症复发了。【派生】
♦ relapser noun【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Latin relaps- 'slipped back', from the verb relabi, from re- 'back' + labi 'to slip'. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing
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