expire的读音 expire中文意思

英音  [ɪk'spaɪə(r)] 
美音  [ɪkˈspaɪr] 
vi. 期满;文件、协议等(因到期而)失效;断气;逝世
expire 记忆方法
expire相关的词根或词缀是: spir

expire断气;期满v.

ex 除去 + pir〔=spir〕呼吸 + e → 没有呼吸 → 断气,注意:ex后接s开头的词根缩写成ex

expire 变化形式
第三人称单数: expires
过去式: expired
过去分词: expired
现在分词: expiring
中文词源
expire 终止
ex-, 向外。-spir, 呼吸,词源同spirit, inspire. 原指呼出最后一口气,临终。
expire 用法和例句
Both will expire at the end of the year .
这两项政策将于今年底到期。
If the bush tax cuts expire completely , that advantage would disappear .
如果布什政府的减税政策完全终止的话,这一优势会随之消失。
The decision came less than three hours before the mandate was to expire .
这一决定是在授权满期前不到三个小时的时候作出的。
Some firms have decided not to sign up , even though that means they will probably lose their concessions when they expire .
一些公司决定不签订这类合同,即便这意味着他们将可能失去在合同期满时的优惠。
Those tax cuts expire at year 's end .
原来的减税措施将于今年底到期。

汉语翻译

vi. 期满, 呼气, 断气
vt. 呼出
【化】 期满
【医】 呼出, 断气, 死亡
【经】 满期, 终了

词型变化

动词过去式:expired 过去分词:expired 现在分词:expiring 第三人称单数:expires 

词意辨析

die, decease, expire, perish, pass away
这些动词或短语动词均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
die: 最普通用词,指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
decease: 正式用词,多指法律上的用语。
expire: 委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气,断气而死。
perish: 书面用词,多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
pass away: 是die的委婉用语。

英语解释

动词 expire:

  1. lose validity同义词:run out
  2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life同义词:die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
  3. expel air同义词:exhale, breathe out

例句

  1. Our current contract is about to expire, and we'll need to discuss a new one.欧文们现有合同快要期满了,需要再谈一个新合同。
  2. My passport is due to expire in two months.我的护照再过两个月就到期了。

详细解释


ex.pire
v.(动词)ex.pired,ex.pir.ing,ex.pires v.intr.(不及物动词)To come to an end; terminate:到达尽头;终止:例句:My membership in the club has expired.我的俱乐部会员资格已期满
To breathe one`s last breath; die:断气;死亡:例句:The patient expired early this morning.那个患者是凌晨断气的
To exhale; breathe out.呼气;呼出v.tr.(及物动词)To breathe (something) out.呼出(某物)Archaic To give (something) off.【古语】 发出(某物)
来源:Middle English expiren 中古英语 expiren from Old French expirer 源自 古法语 expirer from Latin exspor3re 源自 拉丁语 exspor3re ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀,表.从前的,前任的.] spor3re [to breathe] spor3re [呼吸]