closure

• n. 关闭；终止，结束
• vt. 使终止

来自close,关闭，-ure,名词后缀。

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.

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。

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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。

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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。

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4. 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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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》