closure
英 ['kləʊʒə]
美 ['kloʒɚ]
中文词源
closure 关闭来自close,关闭，-ure,名词后缀。
英文词源
- 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 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.
- 皇家莎士比亚剧团要召开新闻发布会，宣布剧院关闭。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate.
- 工党很快提出终止辩论的动议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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》
