due date
due date — 名詞
1. the day on which a task must be finished or a sum of money has to be paid.
到期日
必須完成或付款的最後一天
the day on which a task must be finished or a sum of money has to be paid.
Christopher missed the due date for his rent and had to pay a small fine.
Christopher 錯過了房租的繳費到期日，得付一筆小罰款。
due date for [an obligation]
The library sent Ritu a reminder a week before the due date for her books.
圖書館在還書截止日前一週寄了通知給 Ritu。
due date for [returning items]
Our teacher moved the due date of the science project to next Friday.
老師把自然科專題的截止日延到下週五。
The phone bill has a due date printed clearly at the top of the page.
電話帳單的繳費到期日清楚印在頁面最上方。
Hassan marked every due date in his calendar so he would never forget a payment.
Hassan 把每個繳費到期日都記在行事曆上，這樣就不會忘記付款。
- deadline
more general; any final time limit, not only dates
- closing date
the last day to apply or enter, e.g. for jobs or contests
文法句型
the due date for [something]
due date of [date]
用法筆記
Frequently followed by 'for' (the task or item) or 'of' (the project, report, payment). Common with verbs 'meet', 'miss', 'extend', and 'move'.
常見錯誤
2. the day a doctor thinks a pregnant woman will give birth to her baby.
預產期
醫生推估孕婦生產的日子
the day a doctor thinks a pregnant woman will give birth to her baby.
Naoko's due date is in early March, so she has already packed her hospital bag.
Naoko 的預產期在三月初，所以她已經把待產包打包好了。
[someone's] due date is [time]
The twins arrived two weeks before Iris and her husband had expected their due date.
雙胞胎比 Iris 和先生預估的預產期早了兩週出生。
At the clinic, the nurse used a scan to work out the baby's due date.
在診所裡，護理師用超音波推算寶寶的預產期。
Élise grew nervous as her due date came closer and the baby still had not moved.
隨著預產期愈來愈近、寶寶卻還沒動，Élise 感到很緊張。
My sister went past her due date by five days before the baby finally came.
我姊姊超過預產期五天，寶寶才終於出生。
- expected date of delivery
more formal; common on medical forms and records
- EDD
the medical abbreviation used by doctors and midwives
文法句型
[someone's] due date
due date is [date]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is always tied to a pregnancy and the subject is usually a pregnant woman or the baby, never a bill or task.