詞彙精選：expire的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
（文件、協議等因到期而）失效，終止；到期 [I]
例句：
When does your driving licence expire?
你的駕駛執照何時到期？
例句：
Our trade agreement with Holland will expire at the end of this year.
我國同荷蘭的貿易協定今年年底期滿。
（任期等）屆滿 [I]
例句：
His term of office as president will expire next year.
他的總統任期明年將屆滿。
例句：
His confinement in prison will expire soon.
他的監禁即將期滿。
逝世 [I]
例句：
If I didn't walk I should expire.
要我不散步，我會活不下去。
例句：
Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?
我爲何一出母胎沒有立即死去？爲何我一離母腹沒有斷氣？
二、詞義辨析：
die,decease,expire,perish,pass away
這些動詞或短語動詞均有“死”或“死亡”之意。die最普通用詞，指某人或某物失去生命而永遠不存在。decease正式用詞，多指法律上的用語。expire委婉用詞。從本義“從肺部吐出氣來”引申爲吐出最後一口氣，斷氣而死。perish書面用詞，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。pass away是die的委婉用語。
三、參考例句：
When does the lease expire ?
租約什麼時候期滿？
When does the lease expire ?
租約什麼時候期滿？
His confinement in prison will expire soon.
他的監禁即將期滿。
My season ticket will expire this week.
我的月票到這周爲止。
When does your driving licence expire?
你的駕駛執照何時到期？
When does your driving licence expire?
你的駕照什麼時候到期？
Both will expire at the end of the year.
這兩項政策將於今年底到期。
His term of office as president will expire next year.
他的總統任期明年將屆滿。
My passport is due to expire in two months.
我的護照再過兩個月就到期了。
My lease will expire at the end of this year.
我的租約今年年末到期。
