the fact of becoming ill again after making an improvement 旧病复发 to have/suffer a relapse 旧病复发 a risk of relapse 旧病复发的危险
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves. 即便在复发期间,病人仍会有好转的时候。 The therapy can reduce the relapse rate for multiple sclerosis. 这种疗法可以减少多发性硬化的复发率。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- experience
- suffer
- cause
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- 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.