expire
英 [ɪk'spaɪə; ek-]
美[ɪk'spaɪɚ]
- vi. 期满；终止；死亡；呼气
- vt. 呼出（空气）
考试真题
- But an array of countries are rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial opportunities that already exist.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- And the number is 509024bc9cs, expiring the 1st,July,2015.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.
2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
