柯林斯詞典elapse /??l?ps/ (elapsing,elapsed,elapses) 1. V-I When time elapses, it passes. (時(shí)間) 流逝[正式] Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. 他被捕后48小時(shí)已經(jīng)過去了。 返回 elapse劍橋詞典If time elapses, it goes past. （時(shí)間）流逝，過去 Four years had elapsed since he left college and still he hadn't found a job . 他大學(xué)畢業(yè)都4年了，但還沒有找到工作。 返回 elapse