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expire

/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/ /ɪkˈspaɪər/
  • v.
    到期,失效;死亡;呼气,吐气;(任期)届满
第三人称单数expires
现在分词expiring
过去式expired
过去分词expired
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词语例句

  1. 到期,失效vi.

    六级
    • He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired.

      访问签证到期后他在美国非法居住了5年。

    • An array of countries are rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial opportunities that already exist.

      许多国家都急于在这里发挥更大的影响力;他们不仅着眼于这些保护条约到期的那一天,更为了那些已经存在的战略机会和商机。

  2. 死亡vi.

    • The man expired grasping a picture of his wife.

      这个男人攥着他妻子的一张照片断了气。

  3. 呼气,吐气vt.&vi.

    • The added medicine is metabolised and expired as carbon dioxide by these cells.

      加入的药物被这些细菌代谢并以二氧化碳的形式呼出。

  4. (任期)届满vi.

    • The president's term of office has expired.

      总统的任期届满了。

  1. When does your driving licence expire?
    你的驾照什么时候到期?
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. Library Cards expire after four years.
    图书馆借书证四年后到期。
  3. He is planning another tour abroad, yet his passport will expire at the end of this month.
    他计划再次出国旅行,但他的护照将于本月底到期。

网络短语

  • expire interval
    过期间隔
  • expire date
    有效期;截止日期;到期日期;到期日
  • expire in
    在到期;到期;在届满
  • expire data
    过期时间
  • expire time
    失效时间;超时时间;过期时间

词语扩展

vi.
期满;终止;死亡;呼气
vt.
呼出(空气)
adj.
expired过期的;失效的
expiratory[生理] 呼气的;吐气的
n.
expiry满期,逾期;呼气;终结
expiration呼气;终结;届期
v.
expired期满(expire的过去分词)
  • expire/pass away/perish/die/decease
    • expire委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气,断气而死。
    • pass away是die的委婉用语。
    • perish书面用词,多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
    • die最普通用词,指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
    • decease正式用词,多指法律上的用语。

词义分布

到期
74.1%
期满
11.9%
终止
11.4%
满期
2.5%

英英释义

  • v.lose validity
  • v.pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • v.expel air
  1. v.
    to not be able to be used any more
    到期;期满;失效
    • My contract expires in July.
      我的合同7月到期。

词源

  • expire
    来自中世纪法语expirer, 来自拉丁语ex-("out") + spīro("breathe, be alive")
  • expire终止
    ex-, 向外。-spir, 呼吸,词源同spirit, inspire. 原指呼出最后一口气,临终。
  • expire期满,终止,呼气,断气,届满
    词根词缀: ex-出 + (s略)-spir-呼吸 + -e