elapse

（时间）过去，消逝英释vvif a particular period of time elapses, it passes

Weeks ______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.句意： 几周过去了， 还没有抓住任何与银行抢劫案有关联的人。terminate： 终止， 结束； overlap： 与…交叠； expire： 终止。214expired

1 Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial..过了几个月他的案子才开审。

2 The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week..这项任务总的时限为一周，必须按时完成。