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  When something such as a contract, deadline, or visaexpires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid.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

• The Agency Agreement will expire next month.
  该代理协议下个月期满。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 visa is going to expire this week.
  我的签证这个星期就过期了。
• But the two months expire next week.
  可那两个月的期限下星期就要到期。
• B: My employment contract is about to expire.
  我的合同期满了。
• Alternatively, you can specify when the job will expire either by date or by elapsed time.
  或者，可以通过日期或经过的时间指定作业何时到期。
• By default, they expire in24 hours.
  缺省情况下，它们在24小时内过期。
• These licenses do not expire and can be used on future releases.
  这些许可不会过期，可以在将来的版本中继续使用。