Lapse

Definition

lapse /læps / n ၁။ သတိလစ္ဟင္းမႈ။ ပမာဒ။ a rare lapse of memory / concentration ❍ A brief lapse in the final set cost her the match. ၂။ ~ (from sth) (into sth) ပ်က္ယြင္းျခင္း။ the inevitable lapse into petty crime ❍ It took only one lapse from virtue to finish his political career. ၃။ ၾကာေညာင္းေသာကာလ။ after a lapse of six months ❍ after a considerable lapse of time. v ၁။ (က) သက္တမ္းလြန္သြားသည္။ My membership of the club has lapsed. ❍ He didn't get any compensation because his insurance policy had lapsed. (ခ) ဆိုင္းငံ့သည္။ The project had been allowed to lapse. ၂။ ~ into sth ပ်က္စီး ယိုယြင္းသြားသည္။ The building has lapsed into decay. ❍ We spoke in French but occasionally lapsed (back) into English. ျပင္သစ္လိုေျပာရာမွ မၾကာခဏ လည္ၿပီး အဂၤလိပ္လို ေျပာမိသည္။ ❍ lapse into silence. ၿငိမ္က်သြား သည္။ ၃။ ~ (from sth) ဇာတ္ပ်က္ ျဖစ္သြားသည္။ a lapsed Catholic ❍ lapse from political commitment.

Examples

1. The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse.
2. [lapse of] : She was angered by her momentary lapse of control.
3. [lapse in] : Today showed that I can have lapses in concentration.
4. [memory lapse] : Members of the committee were puzzled by the memory lapses of White House officials.
5. [security lapse] : There have been security lapses despite efforts to protect the public.
6. [lapse into] : Carol’s lapses into strong language only made her sound immature.
7. There was a lapse of ten years between his visits.
8. During a lapse in the conversation
9. I thanked my host and left.