1SHUT/CLOSE[countableC, uncountableU] when a factory, school, hospital etc has to close permanently 〔工厂、学校、医院等的〕关闭,倒闭,歇业
Several military bases are threatened with closure.
几处军事基地面临关闭。
factory/hospital/school etc closure
the problem of school closures
学校被关闭的问题
closure of
the closure of St Bartholomew’s Hospital
圣巴托罗缪医院的关闭
2PREVENT[countableC, uncountableU] when a road, bridge etc is closed for a short time so that people cannot use it 〔道路、桥梁等的〕暂时封闭
On the M40, there are lane closures near Oxford.
在40号高速公路上近牛津处有车道被封闭。
3[uncountableU] when an event or a period of time is brought to an end, or the feeling that something has been completely dealt with 〔事件或一段时间的〕了结,了断;解脱感
Funerals help give people a sense of closure.
葬礼会给人一种解脱感。
Examples from the Corpus
closure• State-owned industries, already shaken by lay-offs and closures, will come under even greater stress from internationalcompetition.• But as far as closure, there will never be.• Penrhyn is now the largest quarry in the world, yet 5 years ago it faced closure.• Further factory closures have been announced.• Tory Derek Lamberth said closure plans had been on the agenda for two years.• This is another area which is changing out of all recognition since closure of the colliery and removal of sidings etc.• Next day the rector of the Sorbonne summonedpolice to a studentprotest against the closure of Nanterre.• The closures will mean the loss of some 600 jobs.• Severalmilitarybases are threatened with closure.• Two years ago the Cowley plant was threatened with closure.
threatened with closure• It has been threatened with closure, water officials said.• Read in studioWorkers at a piano factory threatened with closure have been demonstrating in support of a managementbuyout.• But now Government cutsmeans the home is threatened with closure.• They linked up in a silentdemonstration of support for the school which is threatened with closure.• Read in studio An animalshelterthreatened with closure is to stay open.• Read in studio Crews from four firestationsthreatened with closure have been holding a demonstration against the plans.• Two years ago the Cowley plant was threatened with closure.• The methodinvolvedasking what users and non-users would pay to keep the centre open if it were threatened with closure.
1closing of road, factory, etc.道路封閉;工廠關閉ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOSURE | CLOSURE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complete, total完全的/徹底的關閉◇The accident caused the complete closure of the road.事故造成道路完全封閉。➤partial部份關閉▸➤immediate立即關閉▸➤eventual最終關閉▸➤permanent, temporary永久/暫時關閉▸➤planned, possible, proposed, threatened計劃的/可能的/提議的/威脅下的關閉▸➤factory, hospital, pit, plant, road, school, etc.工廠關閉、醫院關閉、礦井封閉、廠房關閉、道路封閉、學校關閉等VERB + CLOSURE➤be earmarked for, be threatened with, face被指定關閉;有關閉的危險;面臨關閉◇Several schools face eventual closure.幾所學校面臨最終關閉。➤cause, force導致/迫使關閉◇Imposing higher taxes would force the closure of many bookshops.提高徵稅會迫使許多書店關閉。➤prevent, save sth from, stop防止關閉;使⋯免遭關閉;停止關閉◇The mine has been saved from closure.礦場免遭關閉。➤announce宣佈關閉CLOSURE + NOUN➤plan, programme/program (especially BrE) 關閉計劃▸➤order (especially BrE) 關閉令PHRASES➤under threat of closure受到關閉的威脅◇The factory is under threat of closure.這家工廠有關閉的危險。closure
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2feeling of satisfactory conclusion寬慰ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOSURE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤final最終的解脫➤narrative敍事閉合VERB + CLOSURE➤be looking for, need, seek希望得到/需要/尋找安慰◇People who lose family members need closure, not false hope.失去家人的人們需要安慰,而不是虛假的希望。➤achieve解脫➤bring, provide (sb with)帶來安慰;給予(某人)安慰➤need需要解脫PHRASES➤a sense of closure結束感◇The conviction of their son's murderer gave them a sense of closure.殺害他們兒子的兇手被定罪讓他們了卻了一樁心願。closure