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closure

英 ['kləʊʒə] 美['kloʒɚ]
  • n. 关闭;终止,结束
  • vt. 使终止

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词态变化


复数: closures;

中文词源


closure 关闭

来自close,关闭,-ure,名词后缀。

英文词源


closure (n.)
late 14c., "a barrier, a fence," from Old French closure "enclosure; that which encloses, fastening, hedge, wall, fence," also closture "barrier, division; enclosure, hedge, fence, wall" (12c., Modern French clôture), from Late Latin clausura "lock, fortress, a closing" (source of Italian chiusura), from past participle stem of Latin claudere "to close" (see close (v.)). Sense of "act of closing, bringing to a close" is from early 15c. In legislation, especially "closing or stopping of debate." Sense of "tendency to create ordered and satisfying wholes" is 1924, from Gestalt psychology.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate.
工党很快提出终止辩论的动议。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The hospital has been threatened with closure.
这家医院面临着关闭的威胁。

来自《权威词典》