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elapsing

/ih-laps/US // ɪˈlæps //UK // (ɪˈlæps) //

瞬息万变,瞬息万变的,逝去的时间,逝者如斯夫

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    e·lapsed, e·laps·ing.

    • : to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.

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Examples

  • He could have allowed a decent interval to elapse after the disastrous air strike, and then ordered the supply route reopened.

  • Let an interval elapse between the filling of succeeding pipes.

  • The publishers thought also that some time might elapse before a second edition would be called for.

  • Hours must elapse before that tiny figure, provided it were approaching, could reach the solitary palm.

  • When this occurred, the time that was to elapse between Laura's marriage and her return to the ranks was shortened to one week.

  • It was a creed in which Sabatier had absolute faith, and the passing week was merely an interval which must elapse before success.