中英词典:expire
动词
1. 过期;期满
词义:到期;期限届满。
例句:
- The contract will expire next month. (合同下个月到期。)
- My driver's license is about to expire. (我的驾照快要到期了。)
2. 死亡;终止
词义:生命终结;结束。
例句:
- He expired peacefully in his sleep. (他在睡梦中平静地离世了。)
- The company's patent will expire in five years. (这家公司的专利将在五年后终止。)
形容词
expired
词义:过期的;终止的。
例句:
- Please do not consume any expired food. (请不要食用任何过期食物。)
- His expired membership card was no longer valid. (他的过期会员卡已经失效了。)
名词
expiration
词义:到期;期满。
例句:
- The expiration of the lease caused them to move out. (租约到期导致了他们搬离。)
- I need to check the expiration date on this medicine. (我需要检查一下这种药的有效期。)
词语辨析
expire和
end:
这两个词都表示结束或终止,但
expire更常用于时间、合同、证件等的到期或失效,而
end更通用,可以指任何形式的结束。
词汇扩充
expiration date:到期日期
expiry:期满;终止
expired goods:过期商品
expiry notice:到期通知
近义词
terminate:终止;结束
cease:停止;终止
conclude:结束;终结
反义词
commence:开始
initiate:启动;发起
begin:开始
柯林斯词典
expire [ɪkˈspaɪə]
动词
- If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use after that time has passed. (到期)
- If a document such as a contract, ticket, or license expires, the period of time during which it can be used ends. ((合同、票据、执照等)失效)
形容词
- An expired document is no longer legally valid because the period of time during which it could be used has ended. (过期的)
牛津词典
expire /ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/
动词
- (of a document, authorization, or agreement) cease to be valid, typically after a fixed period of time. ((文件、许可证或协议)到期失效)
- become invalid, typically after a specific period of time has elapsed. ((因时间到期)失效)
形容词
- (of a document) no longer valid because the specified period of time has passed. ((文件)因时间到期而无效)
用法
1. expire后接介词on或in,表示在某个时间点或某个时间段到期。
例:The contract will expire in two months.(合同将在两个月后到期。)
2. expire可用作及物或不及物动词。
例:My driver's license is about to expire.(我的驾照快要到期了。)
The warranty on this product expires next year.(这个产品的保修期明年到期。)
3. expire可用作及物或不及物动词。
例:My driver's license is about to expire.(我的驾照快要到期了。)
The warranty on this product expires next year.(这个产品的保修期明年到期。)
例句
1. The contract will expire next week.(合同下周到期。)
2. My passport expired last month.(我的护照上个月过期了。)
3. The subscription to this magazine has expired.(对这本杂志的订阅已经过期。)
4. The milk has expired, so we cannot drink it.(牛奶过期了,所以我们不能喝。)
5. Her visa will expire in three days.(她的签证将在三天后到期。)
6. The warranty on this appliance will expire after one year.(这个家电的保修期为一年。)
7. Please return the library books before they expire.(请在过期前归还图书馆的书籍。)
8. The medicine should not be used after the expiration date.(药物在过期日期后不应使用。)
9. His membership in the club expired last month.(他在这个俱乐部的会员资格上个月到期了。)
10. I need to renew my expired driver's license.(我需要重新办理过期的驾照。)
11. The lease on the apartment expired, and we had to move out.(公寓的租约到期了,我们不得不搬出去。)
12. The policy will automatically expire after five years.(这项政策将在五年后自动终止。)
13. The contract between the two companies expired without being renewed.(两家公司之间的合同到期后没有续签。)
14. The trademark registration will expire if not renewed.(商标注册如果不续签将会失效。)
15. The expired credit card cannot be used for payment.(过期的信用卡不能用于支付。)
16. The expired passport is no longer valid for international travel.(过期的护照对国际旅行无效。)
17. The driver was fined for driving with an expired license.(这位司机因使用过期驾照被罚款。)
18. The expired parking meter resulted in a parking ticket.(过期的停车计时器导致了一张停车罚单。)
19. She let her gym membership expire because she wasn't using it.(她让健身房会员资格过期了,因为她没有使用它。)
20. The insurance policy expired, so he needed to find a new one.(保险单到期了,所以他需要找一个新的。)