closure

• n. 關閉；終止，結束
• vt. 使終止

來自close,關閉，-ure,名詞後綴。

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.

1. I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.

我問麥基翁重聚是不是為了尋求解脫。

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2. The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.

皇家莎士比亞劇團要召開新聞發布會，宣布劇院關閉。

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3. The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.

項目終止對她的雇員來說是一個不幸的消息。

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4. Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate.

工黨很快提出終止辯論的動議。

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5. The hospital has been threatened with closure.

這家醫院麵臨著關閉的威脅。

來自《權威詞典》