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 closure ['klәuʒә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 关闭

vt. 使终止

[法] 关闭, 封闭, 停止


  1. The absence or closure of a normal body orifice or tubular passage such as the anus, intestine, or external ear canal.
    (先天性)闭锁,无孔正常的身体孔或管道,如肛门、肠或外耳道的缺失或闭合
  2. The closure of the large factory made many workers live in idleness.
    那家大工厂倒闭,使许多工人失业。
  3. Police reported the closure of the road/that the road was closed.
    警方宣布那条道路禁止通行.


closure
[ noun ]
  1. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

  2. <noun.act>
    the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
  3. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

  4. <noun.communication>
  5. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

  6. <noun.cognition>
  7. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

  8. <noun.cognition>
    they finally reached a settlement with the union
    they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
    he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
  9. an obstruction in a pipe or tube

  10. <noun.artifact>
    we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
  11. the act of blocking

  12. <noun.act>
  13. termination of operations

  14. <noun.act>
    they regretted the closure of the day care center
[ verb ]
  1. terminate debate by calling for a vote

  2. <verb.change> cloture
    debate was closured
    cloture the discussion


Closure \Clo"sure\ (kl[=o]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [Of. closure, L.
clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.]
1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a
chink.

2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts
are fastened or closed.

Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
--Pope.

3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

O thou bloody prison . . .
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the Second here was hacked to death. --Shak.

4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to
debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure
before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the
previous question. It was first introduced into the
British House of Commons in 1882. The French word
cl[^o]ture was originally applied to this proceeding.

6. (Math.) the property of being mathematically closed under
some operation; -- said of sets.
[PJC]

7. (Math.) the intersection of all closed sets containing the
given set.
[PJC]

8. (Psychol.) achievement of a sense of completeness and
release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure
afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of
completion thus achieved.
[PJC]

  1. Instead it suggests an annual shortfall of Pounds 200m a year. The report yesterday provided the basis of an angry condemnation by the British Medical Association of the closure plans.
  2. The storm, the second in the region since last Thursday, caused the closure of airports and scores of schools.
  3. The aim is to ensure that it can make faster decisions. The job losses come on top of an announcement last November that about 700 jobs would be lost over the next four years as a result of the closure of the society's headquarters in Hove.
  4. There is also likely to be caution over the possible closure of Alcan's Kitimat smelter, as 275,000 tonnes of capacity is threatened by possible strike action on Friday.
  5. UK operating margins, although increasing, are still held back by the lower margin beer and soft drinks operations, but would benefit from the disposal or closure of the pectin business.
  6. The closure of Canyon, Yellowstone's largest development with 600 cabins and 280 campsites, sent more than 700 visitors and employees to other parts of the park.
  7. With the HST you could see a firefly in Australia from Washington." Home ports under construction in New York, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Washington state are among 34 military installations the Navy is considering for possible closure.
  8. The Cincinnati Post, The Dayton Daily News and The Columbus Dispatch challenged the closure, but the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them last Aug. 18.
  9. Hannibalsson said the boycott has forced the closure of several fish processing and canning factories, mainly in sparsely populated northern Iceland, and several hundred people have lost their jobs.
  10. A 'brainpark' for small, high-technology companies was set up near a university. Dortmund's civic leaders developed closer ties with the private sector after a large factory closure in 1981.
  11. An Ontario wheel plant, meanwhile, will be shut down completely and sold. In Ottawa Mr Paul Martin, federal finance minister, said he had raised the Bromont closure with the Korean government.
  12. Maximum fines on pharmacists selling drugs requiring prescriptions without a doctor's authorisation have been halved; repeat offenders will no longer risk enforced closure of their shops.
  13. The First Union-Southeast transaction is the most dramatic example to date of a new FDIC effort to speed the closure of sick banks in order to reduce the cost to the shrinking Bank Insurance Fund and minimize disruptions to borrowers.
  14. MINERS at the 10 pits where British Coal has given 90-day statutory notice of closure face a dilemma.
  15. The United States, which supports the opposition move to oust Noriega, has cut off Panama's flow of dollars, virtually paralyzing the bankrupt government and leading to closure of the nation's banks.
  16. Thailand's Good Manufacturing Practices Code allows penalties for violations, including factory closure and fines, but Mr. Phongpraphan says no penalties have ever been imposed.
  17. This attempt to preserve public confidence in the deposit-insurance contract resulted in a disastrous series of accounting games, regulatory forbearances and delayed closure decisions that ultimately magnified the size and scope of the original disaster.
  18. But its closure, many felt, might force some would-be entrants to delay a listing.
  19. The youths also demanded closure of cooperatives, the private businesses formed under Gorbachev's economic reforms, the newspaper said.
  20. Despite threats of closure, the newspaper continues to pursue controversial stories critical of the government and its system of apartheid, which prohibits blacks from having a voice in national affairs.
  21. LONDON's closure for the bank holiday yesterday affected levels of trading on the Continent, writes Our Markets Staff.
  22. Hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian students battled Israeli troops in the most widespread protests since the army opened high schools in the West Bank after a four-month closure.
  23. Richmond's departure from Swan's Wallsend yard signals the company's closure and the probable end of shipbuilding on the river.
  24. Rosyth managers have said that if that happened the yard, which employs 4,000 people, would face closure. Up to now Rosyth has carried out all refitting and refuelling of Britain's Polaris ballistic-missile submarines.
  25. They would have been jeopardised if the miners had fought closure. Mr John Breward, Calverton branch secretary, said he was disappointed by the result but added that British Coal would have closed the pit whatever miners had voted.
  26. Two in particular are transforming some of Allied's pubs most threatened with closure. Under the first concept, the company is converting into Firkin outlets local pubs which had little to offer their neighbourhood but convenience.
  27. Polish government spokesman Jerzy Urban announced the closure of the S.A.S. office in January and said authorities did not know whether Abu Nidal had ever been in Poland.
  28. The money will be spent on back stage and front of house improvements, and could involve a closure for up to a year. All the parties were in a congratulatory mood yesterday.
  29. "It is not a total closure," said Brig. Gen.
  30. Radical policies can wait until the government regains its grip. Evidence of the strategy was provided by decision to defer closure of one of the Royal Navy's dockyards.
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