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expiration

/ek-spuh-rey-shuhn/US // ˌɛk spəˈreɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən) //

到期,过期,到期时,到期时间

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
    • : the act of expiring, or breathing out; emission of air from the lungs.
    • : Archaic. death.

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Examples

  • In Prince William County, several national grocery chains, as well as local stores such as Todos Market in Dumfries, contribute perishable items that are near expiration.

  • Its looming expiration has touched off a fierce new lobbying battle in Washington — and threatens to subject millions of cash-strapped Americans to the same struggles they had faced before.

  • In others, these contracts may have automatically continued upon expiration if no replacement agreement was negotiated.

  • Brown was another Brady-influenced addition to the roster, signed at Brady’s urging when Arians dropped his objection just before the expiration of Brown’s eight-game suspension by the NFL for violating its personal conduct policy.

  • Those orders may not have directly preempted production, but their expiration would seem to be a symbolic gesture that could bolster confidence in the safety of shooting on set or in studio.

  • Such prescriptions have no expiration date, and were swallowed as easily in 1974 as in 1934 or 2014.

  • But with the expiration of the law and the media focus on the House bill, awareness mounted and that uphill fight got easier.

  • And thanks for all the music that came with no expiration date.

  • Kerry himself recently identified an expiration date for the two-state solution within “a year to year-and-a-half to two years.”

  • By the time they haul it out, the patent may be nearing expiration.

  • They are all transported to the English colonies, where, at the expiration of ten years, they are supposed to be set at liberty.

  • At the expiration of four hours the storm had worn itself out, and was succeeded by a perfect calm.

  • A large number of the members of the Eleventh regiment reënlisted upon the expiration of their term of service.

  • At the expiration of that time, stamps must be affixed and the publications sent at third-class postal rates.

  • Expiration takes a very little longer than inspiration, and the rapidity of respiration depends on the needs of the body.