Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #13061
Fully loadedrelapse
复发；旧病复发
The act of relapsing; a return of an illness after a period of improvement.
- 1.
The act or situation of relapsing.
复发或倒退的行为或状态。
- 2.
An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
人在好转一段时间后再次生病的状况。
复发或倒退的行为或状态。；人在好转一段时间后再次生病的状况。；回复；故态复萌；复发
In use
After months of healthy eating, she had a relapse and started eating junk food again.
The patient's relapse was unexpected, and the doctors had to adjust his treatment.
He was proud of his sobriety, but a relapse made him feel guilty.
relapse into [bad habit/state]
后常接 into，表示重新陷入某种不良状态
He relapsed into his old smoking habit.
复发旧习，重新陷入（不良习惯或状态）
suffer a relapse
名词搭配，指疾病或不良状态的复发
The patient suffered a relapse after leaving the hospital.
病情复发，旧病复发
have a relapse
常用名词短语，表示经历复发
Connections
Collocations
- suffer a relapse
- 复发
- After months of recovery, he suffered a relapse.
- have a relapse
- 复发
- She had a relapse of her old illness.
- risk of relapse
- 复发风险
- The patient is at high risk of relapse.
- prevent relapse
- 防止复发
- Regular check-ups help prevent relapse.
- cause a relapse
- 导致复发
- Stress can cause a relapse.
Idioms & figurative uses
- suffer a relapse
- 旧病复发；病情复发He seemed to be recovering, but then he suffered a relapse.他看上去在康复，但之后病情复发了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
re（再）+ lapse（滑落）→ 病好转后又滑回病态，即“复发”。记住lapse是滑落、退步。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：医疗场景：病历、医生与患者的交流、康复或戒断支持：谈论旧病复发 该词作名词时，在正式与日常语境中都会出现；比较常见于医疗、康复和成瘾戒断等话题。日常口语中虽也可用，但不像 get sick again 那样随意，因此这里标为混合语域，具体正式程度会随场景变化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 relapse 押韵：lapse、collapse、elapse（都含 -lapse），perhaps（/pəˈhæps/，拼写为 -haps）。traps（/træps/）也押韵。注意 release（/rɪˈliːs/）拼写略似，但读音完全不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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