closure
英 ['kl????]
美['klo??]
- n. 關(guān)閉；終止，結(jié)束
- vt. 使終止
中低頻詞CET6+TEM4GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?closures;
中文詞源
closure 關(guān)閉
來自close,關(guān)閉，-ure,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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 cl?ture), 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.
- 我問麥基翁重聚是不是為了尋求解脫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.
- 皇家莎士比亞劇團(tuán)要召開新聞發(fā)布會(huì)，宣布劇院關(guān)閉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.
- 項(xiàng)目終止對(duì)她的雇員來說是一個(gè)不幸的消息。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate.
- 工黨很快提出終止辯論的動(dòng)議。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The hospital has been threatened with closure.
- 這家醫(yī)院面臨著關(guān)閉的威脅。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》