the fact of becoming ill again after making an improvement 舊病複發 to have/suffer a relapse 舊病複發 a risk of relapse 舊病複發的危險
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多種令人情緒緊張的事情都可能引起舊病複發。 Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves. 即便在複發期間,病人仍會有好轉的時候。 The therapy can reduce the relapse rate for multiple sclerosis. 這種療法可以減少多發性硬化的複發率。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- experience
- suffer
- cause
- …
- occur
- prevention
- rate
- in relapse
- a risk of relapse
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin relaps- ‘slipped back’, from the verb relabi, from re- ‘back’ + labi ‘to slip’. Early senses referred to a return to heresy or wrongdoing.