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  When something such as a contract, deadline, or visaexpires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid.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

• 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。
• Does this check expire?
  这张支票过期了吗？
• 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。
• But the two months expire next week.
  可那两个月的期限下星期就要到期。
• Expire on a set date;
  在一个设定的日期终止；
• But that tax cut is set to expire at the end of this month.
  但是这个减税法案本月底就要到期了。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is because currently an access token from Twitter does not expire.
  这是因为目前Twitter的访问令牌还没有到期。