expire

英 [ɪkˈspaɪə(r)]

美 [ɪkˈspaɪər]

v.  (因到期而)失效，终止; 到期; 届满; 逝世; 去世; 故去

过去式：expired　第三人称单数：expires　过去分词：expired　现在分词：expiring　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7014 / COCA.6647

柯林斯词典

• VERB 到期;期满;失效
  When something such as a contract, deadline, or visaexpires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid.
  1. He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired.
     在访问签证到期后，他又在美国非法居住了5年。
• VERB 气绝;死亡;故去
  When someoneexpires, they die.
  1. He endured excruciating agonies before he finally expired.
     在最终离世前他经受了极大的痛苦。

英英释义

verb

• expel air
  1. Exhale when you lift the weight
  Synonym:exhalebreathe out
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  1. She died from cancer
  2. The children perished in the fire
  3. The patient went peacefully
  4. The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
  Synonym:diedeceaseperishgoexitpass awaypasskick the bucketcash in one's chipsbuy the farmconkgive-up the ghostdrop deadpop offchokecroaksnuff it
• lose validity
  1. My passports expired last month
  Synonym:run out

双语例句

• You decided to have it expire in two weeks time.
  你决定了它在两周内到期的时间。
• That rule came into force in 2008 and is due to expire next year.
  这一规定于2008年生效，并将于明年失效。
• On the overview page you will see a link for extending your recently expired or soon to expire license.
  在概述页面上，您会看到您最近延长过期或即将过期执照的链接。
• But the last stimulus dollars expire this month.
  但最后一批经济刺激方案援助资金将于本月到期。
• All cache objects explicitly expire when the key expires.
  密钥过期后，所有的缓存对象都会显式过期。
• The trade agreement between the two countries will expire next year.
  这两国间的贸易协定明年期满。
• By default, they expire in24 hours.
  缺省情况下，它们在24小时内过期。
• Our current contract is about to expire, and we'll need to discuss a new one.
  我们现有的合同快要期满了，需要再谈一个新合同。
• B: My employment contract is about to expire.
  我的合同期满了。
• My subscription to the magazine will soon expire, I will renew it.
  我订阅的杂志快到期了，我将续订。