a)STOP HAPPENINGif a company, factory, large machine etc shuts down or is shut down, it stopsoperating, either permanently or for a short time (使)〔公司、工厂等〕关闭;(使)〔机器〕停止运转
Our local hardware shop has shut down.
我们当地的五金店关门了。
shut something ↔ down
an accident which resulted in two of the plant’s nuclear reactors being shut down
导致这家发电厂有两个核反应堆被关闭的一次事故
The way to shut the machine down is to type EXIT.
关闭这台机器的方法是键入 EXIT。
b)shut somebody ↔ down informalDS to prevent an opposingteam or player from playing well or getting points 〔在比赛中〕阻止…正常发挥[得分]
We all knew that to win we’d have to shut down Bobby Mitchell.
我们都知道,如果要赢,就得防住博比·米切尔。
Examples from the Corpus
shut down• I'm always forgetting to shut down my computer before I go home.