Relapse



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 旧病复发; 再恶化; v. 旧病复发, 再恶化

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re- + labi to slide — more at sleep
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
• 2. a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement

II. intransitive verb (relapsed; relapsing)

• Date: circa 1534
• 1. to slip or fall back into a former worse state
• 2. sink, subside <relapse into deep thought>
• ? relapser noun

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