close

• adj. 紧密的；亲密的；亲近的
• vt. 关；结束；使靠近
• vi. 关；结束；关闭
• adv. 紧密地
• n. 结束
• n. (Close)人名；(西)克洛塞；(英、法)克洛斯

来自PIE*skel,弯，转，词源同clavicle,scoliosis.原指古时弯钩状的钥匙，后指用钥匙锁上， 关闭。

1. the temporal end; the concluding time;

"the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"

"the market was up at the finish"

"they were playing better at the close of the season"

2. the last section of a communication;

"in conclusion I want to say..."

3. the concluding part of any performance

close

close: [13] Close originally entered English as a verb. It came from clos-, the past participial stem of Old French clore ‘shut’, which was a descendant of Latin claudere (related to Latin clāvis ‘key’, from which English gets clavier, clavichord, clavicle, clef, and conclave, and to Latin clāvus ‘nail’, from which French gets clou ‘nail’ – whence English clove – and English gets cloy).

The adjective was quick to follow, via Old French clos, but in this case the intermediate source was the Latin past participial stem clausrather than the Old French clos-. It originally meant simply ‘shut, enclosed, confined’, and did not evolve the sense ‘near’ until the late 15th century; it arose from the notion of the gap between two things being brought together by being closed off.

Related forms in English include clause, cloister, closet [14] (from Old French, ‘small private room’, a diminutive form of clos) and the various verbs ending in -clude, including conclude, include, and preclude.
=> clause, clavier, clef, cloister, closet, clove, cloy, conclave, conclude, enclave, include, preclude

close (v.)

c. 1200, "to shut, cover in," from Old French clos- (past participle stem of clore "to shut, to cut off from"), 12c., from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere "to shut, close; to block up, make inaccessible; put an end to; shut in, enclose, confine" (always -clusus, -cludere in compounds).

The Latin word might be from the possible PIE root *klau- "hook, peg, crooked or forked branch" (used as a bar or bolt in primitive structures); cognates: Latin clavis "key," clavus "nail," claustrum "bar, bolt, barrier," claustra "dam, wall, barricade, stronghold;" Greek kleidos (genitive) "bar, bolt, key," klobos "cage;" Old Irish clo "nail," Middle Irish clithar "hedge, fence;" Old Church Slavonic ključi "hook, key," ključiti "shut;" Lithuanian kliuti "to catch, be caught on," kliaudziu "check, hinder," kliuvu "clasp, hang;" Old High German sliozan "shut," German schließen "to shut," Schlüssel "key."

Also partly from Old English beclysan "close in, shut up." Intransitive sense "become shut" is from late 14c. Meaning "draw near to" is from 1520s. Intransitive meaning "draw together, come together" is from 1550s, hence the idea in military verbal phrase close ranks (mid-17c.), later with figurative extensions. Meaning "bring to an end, finish" is from c. 1400; intransitive sense "come to an end" is from 1826. Of stock prices, from 1860. Meaning "bring together the parts of" (a book, etc.) is from 1560s. Related: Closed; closing.

close (adj.)

late 14c., "strictly confined," also "secret," from Old French clos "confined; concealed, secret; taciturn" (12c.), from Latin clausus "close, reserved," past participle adjective from claudere "stop up, fasten, shut" (see close (v.)); main sense shifting to "near" (late 15c.) by way of "closing the gap between two things." Related: Closely.

Meaning "narrowly confined, pent up" is late 14c. Meaning "near" in a figurative sense, of persons, from 1560s. Meaning "full of attention to detail" is from 1660s. Of contests, from 1855. Close call is from 1866, in a quotation in an anecdote from 1863, possibly a term from the American Civil War; close shave in the figurative sense is 1820, American English. Close range is from 1814. Close-minded is attested from 1818. Close-fisted "penurious, miserly" is from c. 1600.

close (n.)

late 14c., "act of closing, conclusion, termination," from close (v.). Also in early use "enclosure, enclosed space" (late 13c.), from Old French clos, noun use of past participle.

close (adv.)

"tightly, with no opening or space between," from close (adj.).

close, near, nearby

这些形容词均有"接近的"之意。

close： 语气强于near。指时间、地点或程度方面的接近，有紧靠、相邻的意味。

near： 语气弱于close，也指时间或空间上的接近，但无"紧接，接触"的含义。

nearby： 指距离上很近，近在咫尺。

close, shut, slam

这些动词均有"关"之意。

close： 较多地用于正式或庄重的文体中，如关闭铁路、公路以及其它交通渠道，要用close。

shut： 着重关闭的动作、过程和方式手段。

slam： 象声词，指"砰的关上"，或用力关上。

complete, finish, end, close, conclude, terminate, accomplish

这些动词均含"结束，完成"之意。

complete： 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。

finish： 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。

end： 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。

close： 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。

conclude： 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。

terminate： 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。

accomplish： 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。

familiar, intimate, close, confidential

这些形容词均含"亲密的"之意。

familiar： 通常指因长期交往而彼此很熟悉，像自家人一样。

intimate： 语气强烈，指感情或思想融洽、相互知心，彼此关系亲密。

close： 语气较强，指兴趣爱好相同，因而关系密切，感情深笃。

confidential： 指相互之间可推心置腹、彼此信赖。

The Cleveland Clinic, a hospital operator, has reorganised its medical staff into teams to focus on particular treatment areas; consultants, nurses and others collaborate closely instead of being separated by speciality ( ' , 专业) and rank.

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He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio.

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When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.

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Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices' closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can't make it home and back fast enough anyway.

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They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.

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Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.

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It brought family members closer to each other.

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They help students form closer relationships.

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It is closely related to research.

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The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices over the next year because of falling revenues.

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On Sunday, the castle’s owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out his property after the River Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the castle dangerously close to the river, according to the Scottish Daily Record.

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Facing an 8.3-billion-dollar budget deficit this year, closing post offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs.

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A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

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We do our absolute best with a piece of writing, and come as close as we can to the ideal.

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But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

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But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.

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A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.

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Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

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As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn't good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

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Mr Jobs had a reputation as a control freak （怪人）, and his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use.

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In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because

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maintain closer relationships with their teachers

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It deserves our closest attention.

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The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers.

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It's southwest, so it isn't really very close to Amitsville at all and it's a long drive.

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They are quite close to each other

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He likes to work in a company close to home.

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Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?

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While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed.

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Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration

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There are close to one million nerve fibres that connect the eyeball to the brain, as of yet it is impossible to attach them all in a new person.

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She could work close to her family.

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Already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years.

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Drug abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone close to him.

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finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D.C.

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Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company's decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

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On Sunday, the castle's owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out his property after the river Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the castle dangerously close to the river, according to the Scottish Daily Record.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

Some asked subjects about incidents where someone close to them一family or friend一had called them by another person's name.

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The other surveys asked about times when subjects had themselves called someone close to them by the wrong name.

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They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements.

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Thirty years after he imagined the city, Park's baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.

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We do our absolute best with a piece of writing, and come as close as we can to the ideal.

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with this variety will come the end of the close association of age and stage.

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Working-class children are happier, more independent, complain less and are closer to family members, Ms.

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They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.

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The retailer also announced the locations of 36 stores it will close in early 2016.

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Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

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Still, it is true that American families are growing closer at the dawn of this new millennium ( ' , 千年).

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Intimacy is the feeling of closeness, of connectedness with someone, of bonding.

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In ponds closest to the colony, the result showed there were far more pollutants than the ponds less affected by the birds.

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After sorting the deals by category, they determined that among the 512 brands associated with the athletes, most involve sporting goods, followed closely by food and beverage brands.

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Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts..

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Given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule.

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But one costs $50 a dose and the other close to $2,000.

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All researches agree that close to 25 billion devices, things and sensors will be connected by 2020 which incidentally is also the moment that millennials are expected to make up 75 percent of our overall workforce, and the fully connected home will becom

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In turn, feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.

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Plus, we live in a culture that caters to the late-nighter, from 24-hour grocery stores to online shopping sites that never close.

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Smart basketball players or skilled musicians need to pay close attention to the demands of high performance, to the challenges to be overcome.

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Such initiatives close doors for many pupils.

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The bird Clark's nutcracker, for example, hides up to 100, 000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometers away from the seed source, and has a very close symbiotic(共生的) relationship with several pine species, most 32 notably the whitebark pine.

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This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close interpersonal relationships at work.

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Yet it is worth noting that even if Apple ultimately loses this case, it has plenty of technical means to close a backdoor over time.

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Already well over 400 of the total of 6, 800 languages are close to extinction, with only a few elderly speakers left.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

An avalanche once closed the path, killing 63 people.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Between march 10th and march 15h, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the curiosity challenge celebration.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Everyone is supposed to put books back to the shelves when the closing bell is sounded.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Excuse yourself and let the person know you're busy so they can get the hint than when the door is closed, you're not to be disturbed.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

For the past two years, Gordon's students have been studying ways to kill bacteria in zero gravity, and they think they're close to a solution.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Fortunately, Natalie's family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city's bridge closed.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of capital hill and the national mall.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

He stood by the piano, eyes closed, listening for the first time to his own work being played by someone else.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Hoping that no one would notice that I was shaking inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: "Put your heads on the desks and close your eyes! We are going on a journey."

2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文

I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as close to it as I am to my dogs, says ehlers.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

I think the supermarket is close now.

2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Leave it open when you're available to talk and close it when you're not.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Looking back on your day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Obediently, my class lay their heads on their desks, closed their eyes and waited.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文

On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

On what days is the sports center closed?

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 题设

One thing is for certain—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His efforts most likely saved the woman's life.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Still, most of us volunteers breathe a sigh of relief when the season comes to a close.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Sunday-Friday closed on Saturday11:00 am-4:00pm, 30 march-2nd november.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The café is located upstairs in building 1 and is open daily until one hour before pacific science center closes.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration with the museo nacional reina sofia in madrid, spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the salvador dali museum in st.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The idea is that white coats are associated with scientists, who are in turn though to have close attention to detail.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The last factory closed in the 1960s.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The need to be close to nature.

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The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文

Until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

We are closed on Wednesday and Sunday.

2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

While, deep down, we know we can do it, our mind—or the minds of those close to us—usually says we can't.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Despite variations in detail, wholesale markets in the countries that have been closely examined— France, Germany, Italy and Spain—are made out of the same building blocks.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Closer inspection reveals important differences among the biggest national markets, especially in their customer segments and wholesale structures, as well as the competitive dynamics of individual food and drink categories.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Justice Anthony Kennedy,joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court's liberals,ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretation but at the same time obscure or even close off others.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

At RoMan Manufacturing, a maker of electrical transformers and welding equipment that his father cofounded in 1980, Robert Roth keep a close eye on the age of his nearly 200 workers.

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Besides helping you feel close and connected to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a host of health benefits to your body and mind.

2017年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach can close 63 percent of the achievement gap between first-generation and other students.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Justice Anthony Kennedy,joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Courts liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" an achievement gap based on social class, according to th

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

He discovered, on closer inspection, that the rocks contained gold...

经过更为仔细的探察，他发现这些岩石含金。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Both nations are seeking closer links with the West...

两国都在寻求与西方国家建立更为紧密的联系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He lived alone, keeping close contact with his three grown-up sons.

他一个人住，与3个已经长大成人的儿子经常联系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There is a close connection between pain and tension...

疼痛和紧张之间有着紧密的联系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Clare's close resemblance to his elder sister invoked a deep dislike in him.

克莱尔酷似他姐姐，这引起他极大的反感。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Dawson shares closed at 219p, up 5p...

道森股票以219便士收盘，上涨了5便士。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The US dollar closed higher in Tokyo today.

东京今天美元收高。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

By the close of business last night, most of the big firms were hailing yesterday's actions as a success...

昨晚交易结束的时候，多数大公司都称赞当天的活动取得了成功。

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Brian's retirement brings to a close a glorious chapter in British football history...

布莱恩的挂靴为英国足球史上光辉的一章画上了休止符。

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Her lips were close to his head and her breath tickled his ear...

她的嘴唇贴近他的头，她的呼吸让他耳朵发痒。

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The whales were too close; this posed an immediate problem for my photography...

鲸鱼离得太近,这成了我眼下拍摄面临的迫切问题。

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She and Linda became very close...

她和琳达变得非常亲密。

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As a little girl, Karan was closest to her sister Gail...

卡兰小的时候和姐姐盖尔最亲。

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...large changes such as the birth of a child or death of a close relative.

像孩子出生或近亲去世这样的大变故

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He was once regarded as one of Mr Brown's closest political advisers...

他曾一度被视作布朗先生最为亲信的政治顾问之一。

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A senior source close to Mr Blair told us: 'Our position has not changed.'

和布莱尔先生关系密切的一位高层人士告诉我们说：“我们的立场没有改变。”

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He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier.

早在5年前他就在这家银行销户了。

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If you are cold, close the window...

要是冷就把窗户关上。

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Zacharias heard the door close...

扎卡赖亚斯听见门关上了。

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Slowly he closed the book.

他慢慢合上书。

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To close your document, press CTRL+W on your keyboard.

关闭文件时要同时按键盘上的CTRL键和W键。

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Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep...

贝丝合上眼睛睡着了。

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When we sneeze, our eyes close.

打喷嚏的时候眼睛会闭上。

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Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day...

商店只在圣诞日和元旦停业。

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It was Saturday; they could close the office early...

那天是星期六，他们可以早点下班。

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Many enterprises will be forced to close...

很多家企业将被迫倒闭。

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If they do close the local college I'll have to go to Worcester.

如果他们真把本地的大学关闭了，我就得去伍斯特上大学了。

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They were cut off from the West in 1948 when their government closed that border crossing.

1948年政府关闭那个边境关口之后，他们便与西方国家隔绝开了。

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Judge Isabel Oliva said last night: 'I have closed the case. There was no foul play.'...

昨晚伊莎贝尔·奥利娃法官说：“此案我已审结，并无谋杀嫌疑。”

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He needs another $30,000 to close the deal...

他还需要3万美元才能做成这笔买卖。

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