单词 | expiration |
释义 | expiration (once / 1749 pages) 1n 2n Expiration is what happens when a lease or contract — or a period of time — has ended. The expiration of your library card means you need to sign up for a new one. You might notice that your container of yogurt is marked with a date — it's the expiration date, or the day the product is no longer fresh enough to be sold or eaten. Other things with expiration dates include magazine subscriptions, rental agreements, and drivers' licenses. All of these are a sort of contract that eventually ends, or expires. When you breathe out, that's technically also expiration, from the Latin expirare, "breathe out," or "breathe one's last breath." WORD FAMILYexpiration: expirations+/expire: expiration, expiratory, expired, expires, expiring/expired: unexpired USAGE EXAMPLESIn the meantime, the current contract will be extended beyond the Jan. 1 expiration. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The five-year deal was agreed to Nov. 30, about 3½ hours before the expiration of the previous contract. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) But expiration of the provision afterward does not mean that disclosure will necessarily follow. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) 1 1n a coming to an end of a contract period Syn|Hyper expiry, termination end, ending the point in time at which something ends 2n euphemistic expressions for death 2Syn|Hyper departure, exit, going, loss, passing, release death, decease, expiry the event of dying or departure from life n the act of expelling air from the lungs Syn|Hypo|Hyper breathing out, exhalation huffing, puffing, snorting an act of forcible exhalation blow, puffforceful exhalation through the nose or mouth windbreath insufflationan act of blowing or breathing on or into something breath the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。