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relapse

noun
🔊/ˈriːlæps/
🔊/ˈriːlæps/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. the fact of becoming ill again after making an improvement旧病复发
    • to have/suffer a relapse旧病复发
    • a risk of relapse旧病复发的危险
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    • A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse.多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。
    • Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves.即便在复发期间，病人仍会有好转的时候。
    • The therapy can reduce the relapse rate for multiple sclerosis.这种疗法可以减少多发性硬化的复发率。
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • acute
    verb + relapse
    • experience
    • suffer
    • cause
    • …
    relapse + verb
    • occur
    relapse + noun
    • prevention
    • rate
    preposition
    • in relapse
    phrases
    • a risk of relapse
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    Word Originlate 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.

relapse

verb
🔊/rɪˈlæps/
🔊/rɪˈlæps/, 🔊/ˈriːlæps/
 [intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they relapse
🔊/rɪˈlæps/
🔊/rɪˈlæps/, 🔊/ˈriːlæps/
he / she / it relapses
🔊/rɪˈlæpsɪz/
🔊/rɪˈlæpsɪz/, 🔊/ˈriːlæpsɪz/
past simple relapsed
🔊/rɪˈlæpst/
🔊/rɪˈlæpst/, 🔊/ˈriːlæpst/
past participle relapsed
🔊/rɪˈlæpst/
🔊/rɪˈlæpst/, 🔊/ˈriːlæpst/
-ing form relapsing
🔊/rɪˈlæpsɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈlæpsɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈriːlæpsɪŋ/
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  1. relapse (into something) to go back into a previous condition or into a worse state after making an improvement退回原状；（好转后）再倒退
    • They relapsed into silence.他们又都沉默不语。🔊🔊
    • He relapsed into his old bad habits.他重染恶习。🔊🔊
    • Two days after leaving the hospital she relapsed into a coma.出院两天后，她再度昏迷。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc2
    Word Originlate 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.