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考研 CET6 TEM8
外刊例句
- Now, with your eyes closed, count several times, hitting the lap button each time you believe ten seconds have elapsed.
接着闭上眼睛,再数几遍,每次你觉得已经过了10秒,就按停计时器。
——《经济学人》 - Then the physicians must ensure that less than three hours have elapsed since the stroke’s onset. Otherwise the risk of bleeding into the brain is too great.
然后,医生必须确定中风发作的时间没有超过3小时,否则,脑溢血的风险会非常高。
——《时代周刊》
基本释义
[verb] (of time) pass or go by
[动词] (指时间)流逝或过去
深入解读
Elapse 是一个与常见单词 lapse 既容易相互混淆,又同源的单词,两者都源自于拉丁语 labi (滑动、滑落、下沉、坠落;衰落、走向毁灭)。
其中, elapse 由前缀 e- (加强)+词根 laps (滑、滑走)+ e 构成,原本用来表示某物似乎悄无声息或没有察觉地滑动或滑行。
等到了17世纪40年代起, elapse 则开始主要用来表示时间“流逝、过去”,常作正式用语使用,也是侧重指时间在某一特定时间段内不知不觉地逝去,比如:
- 他大学毕业都八年了,但还没有找到一个高薪工作。
Eight years had elapsed since he left college and still he hadn't found a lucrative job. - 一晃就是十二年过去了。他皱眉的样子依然很容易让人想起他的父亲。
Twelve years had elapsed in a flash. The way he frowned was still strongly reminiscent of his father.
名著用例
The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.
冒险的魅力使这种感觉甜美,自豪的光芒使它温暖;但是随后恐惧的悸动扰乱了它;半小时过去了,我仍然独自一人,恐惧占据了我的主导地位。
出自英国女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特(Charlotte Brontë)创作的具有自传色彩的长篇小说《简·爱》(Jane Eyre)。
同近义词
- pass: (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by
- wear on: (of a period of time) pass, especially slowly or tediously
- expire: (of a period of time) come to an end