参考词典中expire的常规释义:
基本释义
- vi. 期满,呼气,断气,(文件,协议等)失效,终止,到期;(任期等)届满;
vt. 呼出
词形变化
- 时 态:ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires
参考例句
- His term of office expired.
他的任期已满。 - Copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author.
版权在作者死后50年即行终止. - My passport is due to expire.
我的护照要到期了。 - We expire used air from our lungs.
我们从肺里呼出废气。 - Our trade agreement with China will expire next year.
我国同中国的贸易协定明年期满。
- His term of office expired.
英英解释
3个动词解释
- lose validity
[同] expire, run out
[例]- My passports expired last month
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
[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
[例]- 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
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- expel air
[同] exhale, expire, breathe out
[反] inhale, inspire, breathe in
[例]- Exhale when you lift the weight
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