【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语957期

 Tommy: you left the party pretty quick last night, even after I made sure the bar was stocked with pinot noir.

Laurel: it wasn't really my scene.

Tommy: I thought maybe you and Oliver went mano-a-mano again. I saw you two head out.

Laurel: there’s nothing between Oliver and I, not anymore.

Tommy: here I thought the only thing between you and Oliver was us.

Laurel: I wouldn't exactly characterize us as an “us”, Tommy.

Tommy: then what would you call it?

Laurel: a lapse¹ [læps].

1 lapse   

n.过失，流逝，失效，抛弃信仰，间隔；vi.堕落，停止，失效，流逝；vt.使失效

参考例句：

• The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
• I had a lapse of memory.我记错了。