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  When something such as a contract, deadline, or visaexpires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid.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

• During the activation process you'll be notified when the trial will expire.
  在激活过程中，会通知您试用版到期的时间。
• The validity of the certificates of many PPN users will expire after two years.
  许多ppn用户证书的有效性将在两年后终止。
• The trade agreement between the two countries will expire next year.
  这两国间的贸易协定明年期满。
• Our current contract is soon to expire, and a new one is ready.
  现有合同不久将期满，新合同已准备好了。
• But the two months expire next week.
  可那两个月的期限下星期就要到期。
• My subscription to National Geographic will expire soon some going to renew it.
  我的国家地理杂志的订阅期限快到了，我会重新续订。
• The Agency Agreement will expire next month.
  该代理协议下个月期满。
• 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。
• My lease will expire on September 30th of this year.
  我的租约今年九月三十日到期。