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expire

verb
 
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they expire
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪər/
he / she / it expires
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪəz/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪərz/
past simple expired
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪəd/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪərd/
past participle expired
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪəd/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪərd/
-ing form expiring
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/
🔊/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive] (of a document, an agreement, etc.文件、协议等) to be no longer legally acceptable because the period of time for which it could be used has ended （因到期而）失效，终止；到期synonym run out (2)
    • When does your driving licence expire?你的驾照什么时候到期？🔊🔊
    • Our lease on the house expires next month.我们的房屋租赁将于下个月到期。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + expire
    • be due to
    See full entry
  2.  
    [intransitive] (of a period of time, especially one during which somebody holds a position of authority任期等) to end届满
    • His term of office expires at the end of June.他的任期六月底届满。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + expire
    • be due to
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive] (literary) to die逝世；去世；故去
    • She had expired while bearing her son.她在生儿子的时候已经过期了。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’.