If someone who is getting better after an illness has a relapse, they become ill again.旧病复发
She was looking quite healthy on Friday, but she had/suffered a relapse over the weekend and was taken back into hospital.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。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELAPSE | RELAPSE + VERB | RELAPSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤acute急性的復發VERB + RELAPSE➤experience, suffer舊病復發▸➤cause, precipitate, trigger引起舊病復發◇A 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復發。➤prevent防止舊病復發RELAPSE + VERB➤occur舊病復發RELAPSE + NOUN➤prevention防止舊病復發◇A drug counsellor / counselor advises patients on relapse prevention.藥物顧問指導病人防止舊病復發。➤rate (medical醫學) 舊病復發率◇The therapy can reduce the relapse rate for multiple sclerosis.這種療法可以減少多發性硬化的復發率。PREPOSITION➤in relapse (medical醫學) 在復發期間◇Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves.即便在復發期間,病人仍會有好轉的時候。PHRASES➤a risk of relapse舊病復發的危險