close the book on something

STOP DOING somethingto stop working on something, especially a police operation, because it is not making any progress 〔尤指警方因没有进展而〕停止做某事

Detectives had closed the book on the Hornsey Murders case three years previously.

警探三年前就停止了对霍恩赛谋杀案的调查。

Examples from the Corpus

close the book on something• The police have closed the book on the Hannah Davies case.• Rady made a motion to close the book on the matter.• And, by definitively closing the book on the past, the language of socialism also remains trapped in Stalinism's wreckage.

→ close the book on something at close1(7)

单词	close the book on something
释义	close the book on something close the book on something STOP DOING somethingto stop working on something, especially a police operation, because it is not making any progress 〔尤指警方因没有进展而〕停止做某事 Detectives had closed the book on the Hornsey Murders case three years previously. 警探三年前就停止了对霍恩赛谋杀案的调查。 Examples from the Corpus close the book on something• The police have closed the book on the Hannah Davies case.• Rady made a motion to close the book on the matter.• And, by definitively closing the book on the past, the language of socialism also remains trapped in Stalinism's wreckage. → close the book on something at close1(7)
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