| 词汇 | expired |
| 释义 | expired past simple and past participle ofexpire expire verb uk /ɪkˈspaɪər/ us /ɪkˈspaɪr/ expireverb (END)C2[ I ] If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use: 到期，期满;结束 My passport expires next month.我的护照下个月过期。 The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year.两公司之间的合同将在年底到期。 Coming to an end closure cloture come off come to a full stopidiom come to a headidiom finish line finish up finishing line fizzle out go out (of) the windowidiom head land let road run sunset taper taper off the sun sets on somethingidiom wind something up expireverb (DIE)[ I ]literary to die: 死，死亡 He ceased to breathe, gently expiring without any struggle at the age of 90. In 1936 the last Tasmanian tiger breathed its final breath and expired in a zoo in Hobart. to stop living dieMy dog died last week. die a natural/violent deathShe dies a natural death at home, surrounded by loved ones. pass awayHe passed away peacefully in hospital. pass onI'm sorry to hear that your grandfather has passed on. passUSMy father passed last year. Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost give up the ghostidiom have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll expireverb (BREATHE OUT)[ I or T ] medical , biology specialized to breathe out or to breathe air out: The patient inhales as much air as possible and then expires with maximum effort. The device measures the amount of carbon dioxide expired by the patient's lungs. Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing aerobic asphyxia asphyxiation aspirate aspiration breathable breathe (something) in choke draw breathphrase expire huff and puffidiom hyperventilation lungful non-breathing out of breath pant puffed puffed out stifle strangulation Examples of expiredexpired In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The infantry was hesitant to advance under air cover, instead preferring to move in after the bombardment had expired. There was, however, no guarantee that the child would be allowed to remain in the same household when the contract had expired. In a 20-year-old man with pulmonary venous obstruction, and in two seven-year-old boys, the collection of expired air was not attempted. Therefore, life support measures were withdrawn, and the child expired. Since the government was not approving any new projects, the firms whose projects expired were permanently excluded from benefiting from industrial promotion. The 10-year contract expired in 1999, although it has been renewed on an annual basis. Contacts, skills and clients diminished, and their ' portfolio careers ' expired. How could they pass the business on to their heirs if, when they ceased trading, the licence for the shop also expired? Strictly speaking, this government is out-of-equilibrium - yet it survived until its term expired five years later. A fact is said to be expired after its expiration interval. At 2 weeks, a total of 10 patients had expired. Some of these contracts expired between 1995 and 1999. This would leave more time potentially for leaders to select individual members' pet bills for floor consideration before the session expired. If, for example, an assistant's contract has expired, he or she cannot take a position as an assistant at another university. The scenes that had cherished them and utilised them were either pushed underground or became extinct as they expired their commercial worth. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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