单词
expire
读音
ɪkˈspaɪər
美式
英式
词根
"Expire"的词根来自拉丁文"ex-"和"spirare"。"Ex-"表示“出”，"spirare"则意味着“呼吸”。所以，这个词原本的含义即为“呼出”，引申为“逝去”。
释义
vi. 期满；终止；死亡；呼气 vt. 呼出（空气） [ 第三人称单数 expires 现在分词 expiring 过去式 expired 过去分词 expired ]
例句
When does your driving licence expire?
你的驾照什么时候到期？
He is planning another tour abroad, yet his passport will expire at the end of this month.
他计划再次出国旅行，但他的护照将于本月底到期。
5bn program of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.
为新的经济适用房提供资金的50亿英镑资助计划将于2015年到期，到时不可能得到延长。
When does your driving licence expire?
你的驾照什么时候到期？
He is planning another tour abroad, yet his passport will expire at the end of this month.
他计划再次出国旅行，但他的护照将于本月底到期。
5bn program of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.
为新的经济适用房提供资金的50亿英镑资助计划将于2015年到期，到时不可能得到延长。
强化记忆
可以将这个单词与"expiration date"这个我们常见的短语一起记忆，它意味着“过期日期”，能帮助你记住"expire"的主要含义。这个词最早在14世纪由中法语中引入英语，原意为“气息逝去，灵魂离开”，后来随着时代发展，其含义也逐渐演变，不仅可以形容生命的结束，也用于表示期限的终止。
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cash in your chips,check out, depart, expire,launch into eternity ...
They're mostly made up of cells that can't divide and be replaced when damaged,so their bodies expire more quickly.And size is a powerful evolutionary driver in animals.
The latest date I put was,I said, I am going to expiremy fear of my leftist, feminist
our 200-year plan really listsall our childhood problems that we have to expire.We actually put an expiry date
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