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[建] 密闭, 紧密

  1. This picture is a closeness of the human eye.
    这张照片是人眼的特写。
  2. For many years there was no closeness between us. The silence took its toll.
    两国关系曾经疏远了许多年，两国为此付出了代价。
  3. We marveled at the closeness of the design.
    我们为设计的严密而惊叹。


closeness
[ noun ]
  1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

    2. <noun.feeling>
    their closeness grew as the night wore on
  2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

    3. <noun.attribute>
  3. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

    4. <noun.attribute>
    the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action
  4. extreme stinginess

    5. <noun.attribute>
  5. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

    6. <noun.attribute>
  6. close or warm friendship

    7. <noun.attribute>
    the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy


Closeness \Close"ness\, n.
The state of being close.

Half stifled by the closeness of the room. --Swift.

We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus,
nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
--Bacon.

An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
--Addison.

Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy;
compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness;
stinginess; literalness.

  1. "I love hiking with my wife, but I've found that I also need time alone with the wilderness," he says, because "the solitude and closeness with the earth is much more intense." But long walks aren't as free as they used to be.
  2. "`A new closeness' is how President Bush described our relationship.
  3. Although the returns gave a few members reason to worry because of the closeness of the tally, they set the U.S. on no new course.
  4. Some economists believe this region's fortune hinges on "industries of the future" such as software and biotechnology, which benefit more from worker satisfaction than closeness to markets or raw materials.
  5. Mr. Greenspan's closeness with the Reagan administration, which some analysts fear could be his major weakness, also could prove to be a source of strength.
  6. Gorbachev said today it was time for greater closeness between the alliances because of the changing politics in Europe.
  7. Ethnic and religious closeness, disbelief in the independent statehoods of Ukraine and Belarus, great-power pride - all have a part to play in the Russian mood. But Russian advocates for reunion could be disappointed with Ukraine's new president.
  8. Mr. Brady's closeness to Mr. Bush is demonstrated by the fact that he was with the vice president at a meeting with former Central Intelligence Agency officer Felix Rodriguez that became part of the Iran-Contra investigation.
  9. Even though he delivered on only a fraction of these, he still poured tens of millions of pounds into these governments' favourite projects. The closeness of his links with some foreign ministers has led to suggestions that Maxwell was a spy.
  10. The heavy debt to Japan and other summit countries, growing foreign investment and bulging budget and trade deficits virtually ensure the continued closeness that has characterized the club in the Reagan years.
  11. The title story, for instance, makes moving use of brief, lowkey, seemingly offhand and unconnected anecdotes to depict the growing closeness between a man and his current girlfriend's son.
  12. Although he's previously said he would sell his shares if he lost the proxy fight, the closeness of the outcome seems to be giving him second thoughts.
  13. The new impetus for political closeness came from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Francois Mitterrand.
  14. U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said, "The closeness of the vote on the Gephardt amendment indicates there are many members of both parties who recognize its dangers."
  15. Saying he considered the Kohlberg Kravis stake the crucial "swing vote" in the contest, Icahn said: "The closeness of the race was indeed gratifying.
  16. It is a message of peace and good will and hope for a growing friendship and closeness between our two peoples.
  17. It may still not offer the wheel-banging closeness of touring car racing, but the huge technology advantage of leading teams has been much diminished.
  18. The closeness of Soviet perestroika to the fascist social blueprint of Mussolini was evident when Mr. Gorbachev presented his economic vision to the Soviet Congress.
  19. They don't even have time to read books,' he says. He points out that the closeness between the press and politicians extends abroad.
  20. That early closeness provides "the motivation to work well in the classroom, and eventually to form deeper ties to work teams."
  21. He denounced Moscow's "evil empire," then fashioned a "new closeness" with the Soviet Union under new leadership.
  22. "What Bughouse Square offered _ that radio and TV can't _ is the touch and closeness of the speaker.
  23. His own intimate knowledge of the coal industry and the NUM is also invaluable in trying to put Scargill into a wider context. The trouble is that the author is less than frank about his earlier closeness to the NUM president.
  24. One friend says he was surprised the move didn't occur earlier given the closeness of the brothers.
  25. "When you work with someone in that staff-member relationship, you develop a closeness that continues off of the Hill.
  26. But the closeness is increasingly rare since ethnic riots in 1981 left at least nine dead and 200 injured.
  27. The result emphasized the closeness of the race: In the most frequently cited economic and social issues, the deficit and drugs, the parties were rated equally.
  28. The closeness of the franchising relationship distinguishes it from other forms of cooperation such as licensing arrangements, distributorships, agencies and tenancy agreements. Franchising has enjoyed a mixed reputation over the past decade.
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