closure
- n.(永久的)停业，关闭;倒闭;(路或桥的)暂时封闭;(因困境结束或事情得到妥善处理等的)宽慰;如释重负
- vt.使结束;使终止;使停止辩论
复数： closures 过去式： closured 现在分词： closuring 过去分词： closured 第三人称单数： closures
closurenoun
（永久的）停业，关闭；倒闭
the situation when a factory, school, hospital, etc. shuts permanently
factory closures
工厂倒闭
The hospital has been threatened with closure.
这家医院面临着关闭的威胁。
（路或桥的）暂时封闭
the temporary closing of a road or bridge
（因困境结束或事情得到妥善处理等的）宽慰；如释重负
the feeling that a difficult or an unpleasant experience has come to an end or been dealt with in an acceptable way
The conviction of their son's murderer helped to give them a sense of closure.
谋杀儿子的凶手被判罪，让他们得到了一些安慰。
closure
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N-VAR (企业、工厂等的)永久性关闭，停业
The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there....the closure of the Ravenscraig steelworks...
雷文斯克拉格钢铁厂的关闭
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N-COUNT (道路或边界的)封闭，封锁
The closure of a road or border is the blocking of it in order to prevent people from using it. -
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N-UNCOUNT 解脱
If someone achieves closure, they succeed in accepting something bad that has happened to them.I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.
我问麦基翁重聚是不是为了寻求解脱。
noun
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- termination of operations
- they regretted the closure of the day care center
- Synonym: closedown closing shutdown
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- approaching a particular destination;a coming closer;a narrowing of a gap
- the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
- Synonym: closing
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- the act of blocking
- Synonym: blockage occlusion
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- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- Synonym: blockage block occlusion stop stoppage
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- something settled or resolved;the outcome of decision making
- they finally reached a settlement with the union
- they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
- he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
- Synonym: settlement resolution
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- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
- Synonym: law of closure
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- a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- Synonym: cloture gag rule gag law
verb
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- terminate debate by calling for a vote
- debate was closured
- cloture the discussion
- Synonym: cloture
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The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory .
上个月当地汽车工厂停业了，这使该城市再一次遭受打击。
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Every store closure is closely scrutinised internally and externally .
每家店铺的停业都受到内外部的严密关注。
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Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest ?
关闭医院怎么会对民众有利呢？
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The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs .
那家工厂一关闭，很可能1000个工作岗位就没有了。
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The village school may face eventual closure .
这所乡村学校可能最终会面临关闭。
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Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure .
明日公共汽车将因大桥停止通行而受影响。
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The theatre faces closure unless it gets an urgent cash injection .
剧院面临着倒闭，除非有大笔救急现金投入。
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The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures .
政府没有控制住工厂纷纷倒闭的势头。
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The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town 's decline .
矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。
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The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
工厂的关闭是一大退步。
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Closure of the hospitals was phased over a three-year period .
这些医院的关闭是在三年期间逐步进行的。
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The closure left 500 people jobless .
这次倒闭使500人失业。
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The suggested closures came under assault from all parties .
关闭机构的建议受到各方严厉批评。
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The ultimate sanction will be the closure of the restaurant .
最严厉的处罚将是关闭这家餐馆。
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The bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure .
因为道路封闭，公共汽车只得绕道而行。
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The conviction of their son 's murderer helped to give them a sense of closure .
谋杀儿子的凶手被判罪，让他们得到了一些安慰。
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Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure .
活动家们为这家受关闭威胁的医院赢得了喘息的机会。
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The factory has been earmarked for closure .
这家工厂已被指定关闭。
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The closure of the project is bad news for her staff
项目终止对她的雇员来说是一个不幸的消息。
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This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community
这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。
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Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate
工党很快提出终止辩论的动议。
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Almost three in four clinics say they face closure by the end of the year .
几乎有3/4的诊所说年底前要面临歇业。
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The company 's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits .
该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。
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The crisis has led to the closure of a number of non-essential government services .
危机已导致了许多可有可无的政府机构的关闭。
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The pit was one of the 31 earmarked for closure by the Trade and Industry Secretary .
这是工贸大臣明确指出要关闭的31个矿井之一。
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I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure .
我问麦基翁重聚是不是为了寻求解脱。
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The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre 's closure
皇家莎士比亚剧团要召开新闻发布会，宣布剧院关闭。
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The reasons for closure are multifarious .
关闭是多种原因造成的。
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They are arguing against hospital closures
他们据理反对关闭医院。
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Other areas are to lose aid so that money can be reallocated to towns devastated by pit closures .
将不再资助其他地区，以便资金可以重新分配给饱受矿井关闭影响的城镇。