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单词 expire
释义
expire
verb
uk
/ɪkˈspaɪər/us
/ɪkˈspaɪr/

expireverb(END)

C2[I]
If something thatlastsfor afixedlengthoftimeexpires, it comes to an end orstopsbeing in use:
到期，期满；结束
Mypassportexpires nextmonth.我的护照下个月过期。
Thecontractbetween the twocompanieswill expire at the end of theyear.两公司之间的合同将在年底到期。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Coming to an end
  • closure
  • cloture
  • come
  • come off
  • come to a full stopidiom
  • come to a headidiom
  • end
  • finish up
  • finishing line
  • fizzle
  • fizzle out
  • go out (of) the windowidiom
  • head
  • land up
  • let
  • road
  • sunset
  • taper
  • taper off
  • windsomethingup
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expireverb(DIE)

[I]literary
todie:
逝世，亡故
Heceasedtobreathe,gentlyexpiring without anystruggleat theageof 90.
In 1936 the last Tasmaniantigerbreatheditsfinalbreathand expired in azooin Hobart.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to stop living
  • dieMy dog died last week.
  • die a natural/violent deathShe dies a natural death at home, surrounded by loved ones.
  • pass awayHe passed away peacefully in hospital.
  • pass onI'm sorry to hear that your grandfather has passed on.
  • passUSMy father passed last year.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Death and dying
  • be as dead as a doornailidiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bleed out
  • buy the farmidiom
  • cadaveric
  • death toll
  • depart this lifeidiom
  • die off
  • fatality
  • ghost
  • morbid
  • necrophiliac
  • perch
  • predecease
  • push
  • remains
  • shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
  • starvation
  • watery
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expireverb(BREATHE OUT)

[IorT]medical,biologyspecialized
tobreatheout or tobreatheairout:
Thepatientinhalesas muchairaspossibleand then expires withmaximumeffort.
Thedevicemeasurestheamountofcarbondioxideexpired by the patient'slungs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
  • aerobic
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • asphyxia
  • asphyxiation
  • breathable
  • breathlessly
  • draw breathphrase
  • exhale
  • heave
  • puff
  • shallow
  • shortness
  • sigh
  • sleep apnoea
  • smother
  • strangulate
  • suffocation
  • throttle
  • winded
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(Definition ofexpirefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
expire
verb[I]
uk
/ɪkˈspaɪər/us
/ɪkˈspaɪr/

expireverb[I](END)

C2
If something thatlastsfor afixedlengthoftimeexpires, it comes to an end orstopsbeing in use.
到期，期满；结束
Mypassportexpires nextmonth.我的护照下个月过期。
Thecontractbetween the twocompanieswill expire at the end of theyear.两公司之间的合同将在年底到期。
More examples
  • Theleaseon thepropertyexpires in twoyears'time.
  • The government'stermofofficeexpires at the end of theyear.
  • Cohen, whosecontractexpires nextweek, islikelytomovetoplayfor aEuropeanclub.
  • Did yourealizethat thetaxonyourcarhas expired?
  • When myannualmembershipexpires, I shan'tbothertorenewit.

expireverb[I](DIE)

literary
todie
逝世，亡故

expire| American Dictionary

expire
verb[I]
us
/ɪkˈspɑɪər/

expireverb[I](END)

(of something thatlastsfor afixedlengthoftime) to end orstopbeing in use:
Mypassportwill expire nextyear.

expireverb[I](DIE)

fml
todie
(Definition ofexpirefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expire| Business English

expire
verb[I]
uk
/ɪkˈspaɪər/us
to come to an end after afixedlengthoftime:
acontract/lease/licenceexpires
Thisofferexpireson 31March2012.
set/scheduled/due to expireThewarrantyperiodisdueto expire at the end ofNovember.
Undercurrentlaw, the state's earned-incometaxcreditwould expire after thisyear.
FINANCE,STOCK MARKET
if anoption(= therighttobuyorsellparticularshares)expires, it can nolongerbeexercised(= used):
Theinvestmentoptionsexpire onFebruary5.
(Definition ofexpirefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpire

expire
The probability of being susceptible was assessed immediately after the time lag f between vaccination and onset of immunity had expired.
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Therefore, life support measures were withdrawn, and the child expired.
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Similarly, poi typically burn for approximately four minutes before the flame expires.
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Contacts, skills and clients diminished, and their ' portfolio careers ' expired.
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How could they pass the business on to their heirs if, when they ceased trading, the licence for the shop also expired?
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Strictly speaking, this government is out-of-equilibrium - yet it survived until its term expired five years later.
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A fact is said to be expired after its expiration interval.
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Until the benefit period for these projects expires, the government will be forced to continue the subsidies.
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At 2 weeks, a total of 10 patients had expired.
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When a policy expires, the insurance company pays out a claim.
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If, for example, an assistant's contract has expired, he or she cannot take a position as an assistant at another university.
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The scenes that had cherished them and utilised them were either pushed underground or became extinct as they expired their commercial worth.
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Without it, the momentum and imperative to continue any ongoing process of disarmament would likely have expired long before 1933, when it did in fact effectively perish.
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They ensure that, even after the primary patent expires, the patent holder retains the right to be notified by any firm planning to commence generic production of the drug.
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Once the stipulated five-year period expired, the obvious question to ask was just what did these farmers actually decide regarding their participation in the successor program?
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