closure

n. 关闭；终止，结束

vt. 使终止

中文词源

closure 关闭

来自close,关闭，-ure,名词后缀。

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.: 我问麦基翁重聚是不是为了寻求解脱。

2. The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.: 皇家莎士比亚剧团要召开新闻发布会，宣布剧院关闭。

3. The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.: 项目终止对她的雇员来说是一个不幸的消息。