relapse
verb[I]
formaluk/rɪˈlæps/us/rɪˈlæps/tobecomeillorstartbehavingbadlyagain, after making animprovement:
(病好转后)复发;故态复萌;重新堕落Shemanagedtostopusingdrugsfor amonth, but then relapsed.她坚持了1个月没有吸毒,但是接着又故态复萌。
Helookedhappyfor abriefwhile, before relapsingintosilentmisery.有那么一阵子他看上去很幸福,但接着又陷入了无言的苦恼中。
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- make matters worseidiom
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- wear thinidiom
- worse
- worsen
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Being & falling ill
relapse
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈriː.læps/us/ˈriː.læps/If someone who is gettingbetterafter anillnesshas a relapse, theybecomeillagain:
旧病复发She waslookingquitehealthyonFriday, but shehad/suffereda relapse over theweekendand was taken back intohospital.周五的时候她看上去还很健康,但到了周末病情复发,又被送回了医院。
Not fit & healthy
- be at death's dooridiom
- bed
- clinically obese
- complain ofsomething
- critical list
- deconditioned
- gaunt
- hollow
- hollow-eyed
- rough
- sick
- sickly
- unhealthily
- unwell
- unwholesomeness
- wabbit
- wan
- wanly
- worn
- wretched