柯林斯詞典expire /?k?spa??/ (expiring,expired,expires) 1. V-I When something such as a contract, deadline, or visa expires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid. 到期; 失效 He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired. 訪問簽證到期后他在美國非法居住了5年。 返回 expire劍橋詞典 expire verb [I] (END) If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use. 到期，期滿；結束 My passport expires next month . 我的護照下個月過期。 The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year . 兩公司之間的合同將在年底到期。 例句 The lease on the property expires in two years ' time .The government's term of office expires at the end of the year .Cohen, whose contract expires next week , is likely to move to play for a European club .Did you realize that the tax on your car has expired?When my annual membership expires, I shan't bother to renew it. expire verb [I] (DIE) literary to die 逝世，亡故 返回 expire