closure 英 [ˈkləʊʒə(r)]   美 [ˈkloʊʒə(r)]

closure

closure  英 [ˈkləʊʒə(r)] 美 [ˈkloʊʒə(r)]

n. 关闭;终止,结束  vt. 使终止 

进行时:closuring  过去式:closured  过去分词:closured  第三人称单数:closures  名词复数:closures 

factory closures 工厂倒闭
The hospital has been threatened with closure. 这家医院面临着关闭的威胁。

  • Closure is the end or the closing down of something. It can be physical — like the closure of your local library — or emotional, like the closure you experience when you finally come to terms with the end of a romance.
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  • n. 关闭;终止,结束
  • vt. 使终止
  • 1. factory closures

    工厂倒闭

  • 2. The hospital has been threatened with closure.

    这家医院面临着关闭的威胁。

  • 3. helped to give them a sense of closure.

    让他们得到了一些安慰。

  • 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.)).
clos·ure / ˈkləʊʒə(r) ; NAmE ˈkloʊʒər / noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] the situation when a factory, school, hospital, etc. shuts permanently (永久的)停业,关闭;倒闭 factory closures 工厂倒闭 The hospital has been threatened with closure. 这家医院面临着关闭的威胁。 2 [countable ,  uncountable ] the temporary closing of a road or bridge (路或桥的)暂时封闭 3 [uncountable ] the feeling that a difficult or an unpleasant experience has come to an end or been dealt with in an acceptable way (因困境结束或事情得到妥善处理等的)宽慰;如释重负 The conviction of their son's murderer helped to give them a sense of closure. 谋杀儿子的凶手被判罪,让他们得到了一些安慰。 closure closures clos·ure / ˈkləʊʒə(r) ; NAmE ˈkloʊʒər /
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