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- an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed(尤指机构、通路、边境的)关闭, 闭锁, 封锁:
road closures
道路封锁
mass noun hospitals that face closure.面临关闭的医院。
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- a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or tie闭锁物(如帽子、领带)。
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- mass noun(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote(立法院)辩论终止提付表决:
as modifier a closure motion.辩论终止提付表决的动议。
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- a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work(艺术作品结尾的)解脱感, 终结感:
he brings modernistic closure to his narrative.
他在故事的结尾营造了现代主义的终结感。
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- mass noun a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved(情感)解脱; (伤痛)减轻。
with obj.
- apply the closure to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly(在立法会议上)终止(辩论, 发言)。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- 'closed', from the verb claudere.