[医] 复发的, 回归的
n a failure to maintain a higher state
v deteriorate in health
v go back to bad behavior
词型变化:名词复数形式 : relapsings

relapse的用法和样例:

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。

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

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
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