expire
verb- [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 synonym run out (2)(因到期而)失效,终止;到期 When does your driving licence expire? 你的驾照什么时候到期? Our lease on the house expires next month. 我们房子的租约下个月到期。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + expire- be due to
- [intransitive]
(of a period of time, especially one during which somebody holds a position of authority )任期等 to end 届满 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + expire- be due to
- [intransitive] (literary)
to die 逝世;去世;故去 She had expired while bearing her son. 她生儿子的时候就已经断气了。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’.