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  When something such as a contract, deadline, or visaexpires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid.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

• Expire on a set date;
  在一个设定的日期终止；
• The certificate will expire soon.
  证书将很快过期。
• Does this check expire?
  这张支票过期了吗？
• 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。
• You decided to have it expire in two weeks time.
  你决定了它在两周内到期的时间。
• The trade agreement between the two countries will expire next year.
  这两国间的贸易协定明年期满。
• 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。
• 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。
• First, we have to construct an ISO8601 date and set the policy document to expire by it.
  首先，我们需要创建一个ISO8601日期，然后将它设置为策略文档的过期时间。
• The Agency Agreement will expire next month.
  该代理协议下个月期满。