expire

英[iks'paiə]美[iks'paiə]

v.[I]
1.(文件、协议等因到期而)失效，终止；到期
2.（任期等）届满
3.逝世；去世；故去

时　态：expired,expiring,expires

名　词：expiry

形容词：expired

同反义词

同：	[v.] conk, croak, exhale, run out
反：	[v.] be born, breathe in, inhale, inspire

词义辨析

die，decease，expire，perish，pass away

这些动词或短语动词均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
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。
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。
perish书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
pass away是die的委婉用语。

参考例句

When does your driving licence expire?
你的驾驶执照何时到期收藏
(Since EPA no longer has authority to issue DCOs, this provision will be inoperative when existing DCOs expire.)
(鉴于环境保护局没有授权颁发一氧化碳扩散容量，这一原则在现存的一氧化碳扩散容量开始无效时也开始作废。)收藏
To cease living;become dead;expire.
死停止生存;死亡;断气收藏
His confinement in prison will expire soon
他的监禁即将期满。收藏
His term of office as President will expire next year.
他的总统任期明年届满。收藏

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英英解释

动词解释：

lose validity
- My passports expired last month
[同] expire, run out
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- She died from cancer
- They children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
[同] conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, choke
[反] be born

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