expiration是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 期满，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They took a lodgingin the house where I lived, for a week; at the expiration of whichtime they were to start for Plymouth.
-- 'Do I understand, my dear Mr. Traddles, that, at the expiration ofthat period, Mr. Micawber would be eligible as a judge orchancellor?'
-- 518This was at the expiration of about six weeks.
-- Exactly at the expiration of the quarter of an hour, theyreappeared with no less dignity than they had disappeared.
-- I determined to make no resolutions untilthe expiration of those three months, but to try.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From our relative situation, those attentions were her due, and were felt to be so. Whether Miss Woodhouse began really to understand me before the expiration of that fortnight, I 536 Emmacannot say; when I called to take leave of her, I remember that I was within a moment of confessing the truth, and I then fancied she was not without suspicion; but I have no doubt of her having since detected me, at least in some de-gree. She may not have surmised the whole, but her quickness must have penetrated a part.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The night had a haggard look, like a sick thing; and there came finally an utter expiration of air from the whole heaven in the form of a slow breeze, which might have been likened to a death.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We accordingly determined to commence our journey towards the north at the expiration of another month.
-- This letter in a degree recalled me to life, and I determined to quit my island at the expiration of two days.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I should be very grateful if you would liberate me as soon as possible, without waiting for the expiration of the month's notice.'
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At the expiration of three hours, we were, to all appearance, as far off as ever from the bottom of the well.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Tip languished in Clifford's Inns for six months, and at the expiration of that term sauntered back one evening with his hands in his pockets, and incidentally observed to his sister that he was not going back again.
-- Carrying out which intention, he presented himself before her at the expiration of a month, in rags, without shoes, and much more tired than ever.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At the expiration of which time Mr. Bumble thrust in his head, unadorned with the cocked hat, and said aloud: 'Now, Oliver, my dear, come to the gentleman.'
-- By the expiration of that time, Mr. Bumble had illustrated the position by removing his left arm from the back of Mrs. Corney's chair, where it had previously rested, to Mrs. Corney's apron-string, round which it gradually became entwined.
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