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Word family noun closeness boroughadjective close verb close adverb close closely

noun close closure closing adjective closed closing verb close

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close1 /kləʊz $ kloʊz/ S1 W1 verb → clothes

1 shut 关 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHUT/CLOSE to shut something in order to cover an opening, or to become shut in this way 关，闭合 SYN shut OPP open → closed

Would you mind if I closed the window?

我把窗户关上你不介意吧？

She closed the curtains.

她拉上了窗帘。

Let me do the car door – it won’t close properly.

我来修一下车门，它关不紧。

Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

贝丝合上眼睛想睡觉。

She heard the door close behind her.

她听见门在她身后关上了。

2 move parts together 把各部分合起来 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to move the parts of something together so that there is no longer a space between them 合上，合拢

Anne closed her book and stood up.

安妮合上书站了起来。

3 shut for period of time 关闭一段时间 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close up)SHUT/CLOSE if a shop or building closes, or you close it, it stops being open to the public for a period of time 〔暂时性〕关闭，歇业 OPP open SYN British English shut → closed

The shops close at six.

商店6点关门。

Harry usually closes the store completely when he goes on vacation.

哈里去度假时通常干脆把店关了。

4 NO LONGER EXISTstop operating 停止运作 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close down)SHUT/CLOSE if a company, shop etc closes, or you close it, it stops operating permanently 〔永久性地〕关闭，倒闭，停业 SYN shut down, → closed

We have reluctantly decided to close the factory.

我们无奈地决定关闭工厂。

The shop closed down some time last year.

这家商店是去年的某个时候停业的。

5 end 结束 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or to make something end, especially in a particular way 〔尤指以某种方式〕结束，终止

close something with/by etc

I will now close the meeting by asking you to join me in a final toast.

现在我要请大家最后干一杯来结束这次会议。

close with

The movie closes with an emotional reunion in Prague.

影片以在布拉格的激情重逢收尾。

closing remarks (=something you say at the end of a speech) 结束语

In her closing remarks, the judge urged the jury to consider the facts only.

法官在结语中提请陪审团只需考虑事实。

6 close an account BFBto stop having and using a bank account or other financial account 注销账户

My husband closed all my credit card accounts without even asking me.

我丈夫没问我就注销了我所有的信用卡账户。

7 FINANCIAL/ECONOMICin money markets 货币市场上 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BFS to be worth a particular amount of money at the end of a day’s trading (=the buying and selling of shares) on the stock exchange 以…价格收盘

close at

The dollar closed at 64p against the pound.

美元兑英镑收盘报64便士。

close up/down

Their shares closed 27p up (=worth 27p more).

他们的股票收盘时上涨27便士。

8. close a deal/sale/contract etc ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto successfully agree a business deal, sale etc 做成生意/买卖/达成合约等

Examples from the Corpus

close a deal/sale/contract etc• I enjoy closing a deal 5a.• He talks and talks, compromises and compromises, until he closes a deal.• I told her not to come back until she closed a deal.• In the heart of the city, Bob Scott is further still from closing a deal.• Many will offer low-interest loans, tax breaks or whatever else it takes to close a deal.• Why, then, are some salespeople reluctant to close a sale?

9 offer finishes 优惠截止 [intransitiveI]FINISH/COME TO AN END to finish on a particular date 结束，截止 SYN end

Our special offer closes on June 3.

我们的优惠于6月3日截止。

10 make distance/difference smaller 缩短距离/缩小差异 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]NEAR to make the distance or difference between two things smaller 拉近，减少（分歧）

an attempt to close the gap between the rich and poor

缩小贫富差距的努力

close on

The other car was closing on us fast.

另一辆车在迅速赶上我们。

11 make STH unavailable 使某物不能用 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]REDUCE to make taking part in an activity or using an opportunity no longer possible 堵住；封闭；关闭 → closed

Bidding for the painting will close on Friday.

这幅画的竞标将于星期五截止。

The country has now closed its borders to all foreign nationals (=will not let foreigners in).

该国现在已经对所有外国公民关闭边境。

The legislation aims to close a lot of legal loopholes.

这项立法旨在填补法律上的诸多漏洞。

12 be closed DISCUSSif a subject is closed, you are no longer willing to discuss it 不再谈论

It was a regrettable incident but I now consider the matter closed.

这件事很遗憾，但是我想到此为止了。

Examples from the Corpus

be closed• As far as I am concerned, the matter is closed.• The ticket office was closed.• Until we can talk about this in a civil manner, I consider the discussion closed.• Muzi Ford in Needham was closed.• Roads were closed and eight ambulances stood by as the cloud drifted towards the villages of Wincham and Lostock Gralam.• The Ptarmigan was closed, and so I walked down beneath the ski-tow towards the road.• The A55 Conwy tunnel was closed for more than an hour.• The National University was closed four years ago by the army.• Course all the stores are closed now.• The period should be closed so that actual expenditures as they occurred are stated in this column. 2.• For insurance reasons, the course will be closed to automobile traffic.

13 close your doors (to somebody) to stop operating permanently （对某人）〔永久性地〕关闭，停业

In 1977 the Skyfame Aircraft Museum closed its doors to the public for the last time.

天誉航空博物馆最后于1977年关闭，不再向公众开放。

Examples from the Corpus

close your doors (to somebody)• By the end of 1986 Seadocs had closed its doors.• In 1976, Stax closed its doors.• The troubles will not close our doors.• Thousands of businesses closed their doors.• The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression.• Leisure centres close their doors because of a lack of sufficient funds to operate them.• It will close its doors for much of the process, which will be complete in 2004-5.• Equitable's managing director quit and the group closed its doors to new business.

14 close your mind to/against something to refuse to think about something 拒绝考虑某事

She wanted to close her mind to the outside world.

她想关起心门，不去关心外面的世界。

Examples from the Corpus

close your mind to/against something• She had immediately closed her mind to all thought, not even realising how tightly she had been gripping fitzAlan's hand.• I closed my ears and tried to close my mind to what was happening.• He could tell by her eyes that she had closed her mind to him.• Academic interpretations held off the shame for a while, but then he could no longer close his mind to it.• Bambi's closed her mind to it.• She stretched out on the bed, closing her mind to the sounds and waited.• Memories of her grandmother's judgements obtruded themselves and she closed her mind against them.

15 hold STH 抓握某物 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]HOLD if someone’s hands, arms etc close around something, or are closed around something, they hold it firmly 抓握；抱紧

close (something) around/round/over etc something

Her left hand closed over his arm.

她的左手紧紧抓住他的手臂。

She closed her hand tightly around her bag.

她的手紧紧地抓住自己的包。

16 wound 伤口 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close up)CUREHEALTHY if a wound closes, or if someone closes it, the edges grow together again or are sewn together （使）合拢，（使）愈合

The surgeon closed the incision neatly.

外科医生把切口缝合得很整齐。

17 close ranks

a) SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANif people close ranks, they join together to protect each other, especially because their group, organization etc is being criticized 〔尤指受到批评时〕团结在一起

b) NEARif soldiers close ranks, they stand closer together 〔士兵〕列队靠拢，排成密集队形

Examples from the Corpus

close ranks• What happens in this situation has been well documented: Each group becomes more cohesive, as members close ranks.• She had done the unforgivable, and now we closed ranks against her.• The Arab world is closing ranks against terror and everyone understands that this means terror against us.• The male mafia will close ranks and deem such a woman unstable, neurotic and quite unsuitable for responsibility.• When she applied for promotion, the male managers all closed ranks and made sure she didn't get it.• The Republicans in Congress have closed ranks and refused to vote for the president's proposal.• For a time, none the less, the Congregationalist clergy closed ranks around the Suspect Mayhew against the great enemy that Caner represented.• He called for the Lebanese to close ranks behind his government.• President Nixon's staff were instructed to close ranks in response to the Watergate arrests.• Those who want to close ranks in this fashion will find themselves very lonely, however.• The Crevecoeurs had always closed ranks in times of crisis, hadn't they?• We must close ranks with them because we talk the same language.

18 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.

→ closing date, closing time, → close/shut the door on something at door1(9), → close your eyes to something at eye1(16)

n Grammar

Close belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object.

You can say:

She closed the door.

In this sentence, ‘the door’ is the object of close.

You can say:

The door closed.

In this sentence, ‘the door’ is the subject of close.

THESAURUS

close to stop being open, or to make something stop being open. You use close and shut especially about your eyes, your mouth, a door, a window, or a container 关闭，闭合〔close和shut尤用于指闭合眼睛或嘴巴，或指关闭门窗或容器〕

Can I close the window?

我关上窗户好吗？

Her eyes slowly closed.

她慢慢闭上了眼睛。

He closed the door gently, so as not to wake the children.

他轻轻地关上门，免得吵醒孩子们。

shut to close something. Shut sometimes has a feeling of doing something quickly and firmly, whereas close sounds more careful 关闭，闭合〔shut有时含有又快又干脆的意味，而close则听上去有更加小心的意味〕

He shut the door with a loud bang.

他砰的一声把门关上。

Shut your eyes and go to sleep.

闭上眼睛睡觉吧。

slam to close a door or lid quickly and noisily, especially because you are angry 〔尤因生气〕砰地关上〔门或盖子〕

She left the room, slamming the door behind her.

她离开房间，砰的一声关上了门。

draw the curtains to close curtains by pulling them across a window 关上[拉上]窗帘

The curtains were still drawn at ten o'clock in the morning.

早上10点，窗帘依然没拉开。

put the lid on something to close a container by putting a lid onto it 给某物盖上盖子

Did you put the lid on the cookie jar?

你给饼干罐盖上盖子了吗？

seal to close something so that no air or water can get in or out 密封

In this experiment, the chamber must be completely sealed.

做这个实验的时候,房间必须完全密封。

PHRASAL VERBS

19 close down phrasal verbphr v

a) close something ↔ downSHUT/CLOSE if a company, shop etc closes down or is closed down, it stops operating permanently 关闭〔公司、商店等〕，停业

Paramount closed down its London office in 1968.

派拉蒙电影公司于1968年关闭了在伦敦的办事处。

b) British EnglishBrEAMT to stop broadcasting radio or television programmes at the end of the day 〔电台或电视台在一天的播送后〕结束播送节目

BBC 2 closes down at 12.45 tonight.

今晚英国广播公司二台将于12点45分停止广播。

Examples from the Corpus

close down• If the factory closes down, 600 people will lose their jobs.• Not long ago, the orchestra was the pride of the city. Now it is on the verge of closing down.• Coal mines are closing down all over the country.

20 close in phrasal verbphr v

a) NEARto move closer to someone or something, especially in order to attack them 包围，合拢；靠近〔尤为了攻击〕

The snake closed in for the kill.

蛇逼近目标准备猎杀。

on/around/upon etc

enemy soldiers closing in on them from all sides

从四面八方向他们包围过来的敌军

b) BECOMEif the night, bad weather etc closes in, it becomes darker or gets worse 〔天〕变黑；〔天气〕变坏

The sun had set and dusk was closing in.

太阳落山，暮色笼罩下来。

c) DNif the days close in, they become shorter because it is autumn 〔白天〕变短

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close on/around/upon etc• Apple is also closing in on completing Rhapsody, aimed mostly at corporate users.• And then Georg had closed in on her, a grumpier, more disapproving, hectoring Georg.• But I suspect McVeigh quickly felt the walls closing in on him from these four sides as the trial progressed.• Hutt crept silently into the kitchen, his hands sweating profusely as he closed in on his prey.• The three space directions and imaginary time would form a space-time that was closed in on itself, without boundaries or edges.• They closed in on the bad.• Smitty went first, forcing his way through the branches that closed in on the trail.• Mayock was closing in on third place as El Guerrouj won in 7min 37.74sec.

21 close something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SEPARATEto separate a road, room etc from the area around it so that people cannot go there or use it 隔离，封锁

The roads into the docks were closed off by iron gates.

通往码头的路被铁门封锁了。

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close off• All credit to manager Trevor Francis who boldly selected an attacking side and came so close to pulling off a famous victory.• With the distress and disturbance it's going to cause, they might as well close it off altogether.• This closes the opponent off and presents you with a good opportunity to continue the block into the opponent's face.• Following the killings a military order was issued closing the Strip off for three days.• Had he completely closed him-self off in the fourth grade?• Last week, it seemed Dole was coming precariously close to falling off that tightrope.• Close by a couple were kissing, holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up.• I could hardly touch her, and each night she closed herself off with Janir.

22 close on somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) to get nearer to someone or something that is moving in front or ahead of you 追上，赶上

The patrol car was rapidly closing on us.

巡逻车快速赶上了我们。

b) American EnglishAmE to successfully arrange a loan, especially in order to buy a house 得到〔贷款，尤指购房贷款〕

23 close something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE

a) to finish in a particular way 结束，终止

The bond market closed out the week on a strong note.

债券市场本周以强势收盘。

b) CHEAPif a store closes out a type of goods, they sell all of them cheaply 〔商店以低价〕清仓出售，抛售存货

We’re closing out this line of swimwear.

我们正在削价销售这款游泳衣。

Examples from the Corpus

close out• My old outhouse is dangerously close to topping out.• The bag was closed, shutting out all light.• He got it close and holed out and then the camera focused on Brian Harley, who had a slightly shorter putt.• And if anybody came close to finding out, curtains ...• Her jaw clenches as if she has to force it open and closed to get out each word.• Just as I am close to blacking out, it stops.• Bear even the nights when she was close but out of sight, behind walls and doors lying next to him.• Sampras steamrolled through the first set and closed it out with a two-point resume of his ability.

24 close up phrasal verbphr v

a) close something ↔ upSHUT/CLOSE if a shop or building closes up or is closed up, it stops being open to the public for a period of time 〔商店暂时〕停业，歇业；〔建筑物〕关闭；封闭

The resorts are all closed up for the season.

旅游胜地在这个季节里都关闭了。

b) close up shop to stop doing something for a period of time or permanently 关门，歇业；停止〔活动等〕

When it rains, there is no alternative but to close up shop.

下雨就只有关门停业，别无选择。

c) NEARif a group of people close up, they move closer together 〔一群人〕靠近，靠拢

d) CURE close something ↔ upHEALTHY if a wound closes up or if someone closes it up, the edges grow together again or are sewn together 〔伤口〕合拢，愈合

The scar is closing up nicely – it’ll soon be time to take the stitches out.

伤口愈合得很好，很快就可以拆线了。

e) to become narrower or to shut 变窄；关闭，合上

The flowers close up at night.

这些花在夜里闭合起来。

Occasionally the channel widened then closed up tight again.

在有的航段上，航道时而宽，时而窄。

f) EMOTIONALto refuse to talk to someone about something 守口如瓶

The moment I said I was a police officer, everyone would close up like a clam.

我一说我是警官，所有的人都会闭口不言。

Examples from the Corpus

close up• Dragging a chair close up to the television screen, she sat down to watch the film.• If you look at the painting close up you can see that it's a fake.

close up shop• Finnegan's Bar is closing up shop after 35 years.• Some of the big ad agencies close up shop early for the holidays.• And retailers, caught betwixt the two, were perplexed and losing money, if not closing up shop for good.• At one stage, he considered closing up shop for good.• A few companies closed up shop in California.

25 close with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) AGREEto agree a business deal with someone 同意；与…达成协议

It was such a good offer that I closed with him on the spot.

报价非常合算，我当场就跟他成交了。

b) FIGHT literary to move towards someone in order to fight with them 和…开始战斗，逼近

Examples from the Corpus

close• The first shock was that the mill closed.• The legislation closes a lot of loopholes in the tax law.• Close all applications before shutting down your computer.• The pension fund was broke, the mines were closed, and it looked like the moon.• Most of the stores close at 6:30.• It's closing down ... declared a fire safety risk ... only a few years after it was reopened.• After 85 years, the local newspaper closed down last month.• Ann closed her book and stood up.• When he finishes his supper, the boy tucks the lunch box back into a shopping bag and closes his eyes.• The hotel is closed in the winter.• Anheuser-Busch even threatened to close its St Louis plant if the tax measure passed, though nobody believed that.• The special offer for tickets closes June 3.• The play opens Monday and is scheduled to close March 20.• WalMart shares closed only 4 cents down.• The door closed silently behind Mariko.• Hundreds of timber mills have been closed since World War II.• Close the curtains - it's getting dark.• She took the necklace out of the box and closed the lid.• Do you mind if I close the window?• What time does the mall close tonight?• The cut should close up within a few days.• The novel closes when the family reunites in Prague.• Okay, close your eyes and make a wish.

closed ... eyes• He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.• Hitched horses in front of the saloons shivered and closed their eyes.• I got into bed and closed my eyes.• She hit the other one, and then sat stock-still; tears ran from her closed eyes.• He closed his eyes and groaned.• He pulled his awkward cloak about his shoulders and closed his eyes, emptying his head of preoccupations.• If she closed her eyes she could see again those glittering lights and hear the gay, entrancing music.• I closed my eyes, trying to make the chaos outside a dream.

closing remarks• Mr. Brooke I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks, and not least his closing remarks.• Mr. Brooke I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for his kind closing remarks.• In his closing remarks , Merrill said that the plan "reflects the hard work of many people."

close up/down• The stock rebounded somewhat today, closing up 1 / 4 at 54 12.• Adventure giants Atlas, alas, have closed down.• It was very kind of you to look at me when you were ready to close up.• The stock prices of both airlines closed down Monday.• Imprinting and cell differentiation both involve the closing down of genes but the mechanisms are evidently distinct.• The service will close down on 5 September and will be replaced by a metered service.• Cinder blocks have closed up the door and windows.• Or maybe they had closed down the Project and abandoned him.

close the gap• He never had a chance, and he never closed the gap.• Over the final 40 metres Louise closed the gap and was just first to the touch in 1.14.55.• Like Schüssler Fiorenza, Phyllis Trible seeks to close the gap between past and present.• Gretna, meanwhile, are hoping to close the gap on leaders Murton by beating Ferryhill at Raydale Park.• But it has closed the gap slightly.• Moors are closing the gap steadily on the leading teams, and three points today could lift them three places into fifth.• Boughton Hall closed the gap with an eight wicket triumph at Huyton.• Finally the research vessel began to sidle sideways towards us, using its bow thrusters to close the gap with Hsu Fu.

closed ... borders• Neighbouring countries have closed their borders.

close2 /kləʊs $ kloʊs/ S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp closer, superlativesupl closest)

1 near 靠近的NEAR not far from someone or something 接近的，靠近的 SYN near

If you need to buy bread or milk, the closest shop is about a mile away.

如果你需要买面包或牛奶，最近的商店大概有一英里远。

close to

Susan sat on a chair close to the window.

苏珊坐在靠窗口的一把椅子上。

I don’t mind where we go on vacation as long as it’s close to a beach.

我不介意我们去哪里度假，只要是靠近海滩就行。

His eyes were small and close together.

他眼睛很小，而且挨得很近。

There are several accounts of dolphins living in close proximity to humans (=close to humans).

几次有人报告说有海豚与人类比邻而居。

The victim had been shot at close range (=from very close).

被害者是被近距离枪杀的。

2 near in time 时间上靠近的SOON near to something in time 〔时间上〕接近的

close to

It was close to 1:15 a.m.

时间已近子夜1点15分。

close together

Our birthdays are quite close together.

我们的生日很接近。

3 likely to happen 可能发生的PROBABLY seeming very likely to happen or very likely to do something soon 可能的，接近的

close to doing something

The two countries are close to signing a peace agreement.

两国即将签署和平协议。

We’re close to clinching the deal.

我们快要达成这笔交易了。

close to death/tears/despair etc

The old dog could barely whimper and seemed close to death.

这条老狗连呜咽的气力都没有，好像快要死了。

The prosecution’s main witness was close to tears as she described the assault.

控方主要证人在描述袭击事件时几乎落泪。

4 LIKE somebody OR somethinglike/love 喜欢/喜爱 if two people are close, they like or love each other very much 亲近的，亲密的

My brother and I are very close.

我和弟弟很亲。

close to

I felt closer to Rob that evening than ever before.

那晚我觉得和罗布比以前更亲近了。

Fiona and I have always been close friends.

我和菲奥娜一直都是密友。

5 similar 类似的LIKE/SIMILAR very similar to each other 接近的，类似的

close to

When I saw Henry with another woman I felt something close to jealousy.

当我看到亨利和另一个女人在一起时，我有一种近似嫉妒的感觉。

Fitt was the closest thing to a socialist in the party.

菲特是党内最像社会主义者的人。

Their newest model bears a close resemblance to (=is very similar to) that of their rival competitor.

他们的最新型号和竞争对手的型号非常相似。

► see thesaurus at similar

6 CAREFULcareful 小心的 [usually before noun] looking at, thinking about, or watching something very carefully 仔细的，小心的 → closely

take/have/get a close look (at something) 仔细看一看（某物）

She lifted up Jenny’s silver medallion to take a closer look.

她拿起珍妮的圆形银徽章以便看个仔细。

keep a close watch/eye on (=watch someone or something very carefully) 细心地留意

Don’t worry, I’ll keep a close eye on the kids.

别担心，我会小心看管孩子们的。

You could have improved your answers by closer attention to detail.

如果多注意点细节，你会答得更好。

7 number/amount 数/量LIKE/SIMILAR if a number or amount is close to another number or amount, it is not much higher or lower than it 〔数量上〕接近的

We don’t know the exact figures, but about 10,000 might be a close approximation (=close to the actual figure).

我们不清楚确切数目，但一万左右可能是接近的数字。

close to

Inflation is close to 7 percent.

通货膨胀率接近7%。

8 competition/election etc 比赛/选举等ALMOST finishing or being played, fought etc with both sides almost equal 几乎平手的，势均力敌的，难分高下的

It was a close game that could have gone either way.

那是一场势均力敌的比赛，胜负只是毫厘之差。

a close second/third etc (=very nearly first, second etc) 跟得很紧的第二名/第三名等

The result is too close to call (=so close that it is impossible to know who will win).

比赛结果胜负难料。

9 close relation/relative FAMILYa member of your family such as your brother, sister, parent etc 近亲，家人 OPP distant

The wedding was attended by close family only.

婚礼只有家人参加。

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close relation/relative• The people who had saved my life were my close relations!• We let grandparents and other close relatives and friends enter and touch the infant, if the parents wish.• All of its close relatives except one make the whine but not the chuck.• Financial need, even on the part of a close relative, has apparently never been seen as a situation which required an automatic response.• Because, they argued, the males in coalitions were almost always close relatives, kin selection enhanced the benefits of cooperation.• But they are thinking about commercial applications for the chanterelle and its close relative, the Tricholoma matsutake.• It may also be powerful between close relatives where one may be in a dominant position vis-à-vis the other.• Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders.

10 very nearly bad 险些坏事ALMOST used when you have only just managed to avoid something bad, dangerous, or embarrassing happening 危险的，差一点的

‘Phew, that was close, ’ Frank said as he swerved to avoid the cyclist.

“咳，真险。”弗兰克一边急转避开那个骑自行车的人一边说。

a close call/thing/shave (=a situation in which something dangerous, embarrassing etc almost happens) 勉强脱险，死里逃生，躲过一劫

United had a close shave when Liverpool almost scored.

利物浦队差点得分，联队躲过一劫。

11 almost 几乎 very nearly getting, finding, or achieving something 几乎要…的，差不多要…的

close to

At this point, the investigators were closer to the truth than they realized.

此时调查人员差不多就要发现真相了，可他们自己还没意识到。

12 keep in close contact/touch FRIENDLYif two people keep in close contact, they see, talk to, or write to each other often 保持密切联系

Text messaging enables people to keep in close contact at all times.

发送短信可以使人们一直保持密切联系。

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keep in close contact/touch• I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter.• Even after Charles married Princess Diana he kept in close contact with Camilla.• To monitor their responses we have kept in close touch with each family's health visitor.• I take that point and we are keeping in close contact with local authorities.• The Society is keeping in close touch with the appropriate authority and full information will be published as soon as possible.• He had not kept in close touch with the performers who had danced in his first little group.• In practice, I keep in close touch with the work of the foundation.• I am keen to keep in close touch with you on this subject.

13 work/talk together 一起工作/交谈FRIENDLY relating to a situation in which people work well with each other or talk to each other often 密切的，紧密的

He retained very close links with France throughout his life.

他毕生都和法国保持着紧密的联系。

What we need now is closer cooperation between the club and supporters.

我们现在需要的是俱乐部与支持者之间更密切的合作。

14 with little space 空间很小的KEEP somebody IN A PLACE with little or no space around something or between things 密集的，空间很小的

The horses are always eager for exercise after the close confinement of the stables.

马儿被关在狭小的马廐里，出来之后总是急不可待地想活动一下。

The shoe is a close fit (=there is no space around the foot).

这鞋正合脚。

I find it difficult to read such close print (=with letters printed so close together).

这样密密麻麻的字，我很难读下去。

15 close/you’re close/that’s close spokenALMOST used to tell someone that they have almost guessed or answered something correctly 很接近，几乎猜对了

‘I reckon he must be about 38.’ ‘Close – he was 40 last week.’

“我估计他一定在38岁左右。”“猜得差不多，上星期他满40岁了。”

16. close to the bone if something someone says is close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable or offends you, especially because it is about something you do not want to admit is true 〔某人说的话〕触到痛处的，令人不快的

17 close, but no cigarbut no cigar close ALMOST spoken used when something someone does or says is almost correct or successful 只差一点就对了；只差一点就成功了

It was close, but no cigar for the Dodgers as they lost to the Reds 4–3.

道奇队只差一点，他们以3比4败给了红人队。

18 too close for comfort NERVOUSif something that happens is too close for comfort, it is near enough to make you feel nervous or afraid 近得让人不安的

From somewhere too close for comfort came the sound of machine-gun fire.

从某个近得让人不安的地方传来了机枪的射击声。

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too close for comfort• That car that came around the corner was just a little too close for comfort.• But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort.• Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort.• In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort.• Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.• Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort.• The movement brought him too close for comfort.• At times, the similarities are too close for comfort, edging towards the derivative.

19 close to home

a) EMBARRASSEDif a remark or criticism is close to home, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is likely to be true 〔说话或批评〕因击中要害而令人尴尬的

His comments struck unpleasantly close to home.

他的话切中要害，让人不舒服。

b) PERSONALLY/YOURSELFif something unpleasant happens close to home, you are directly affected by it 〔令人不愉快的事〕发生在自己身边的，直接影响到自身的

It’s one thing seeing riots on TV, but when they happen so close to home it’s a different matter.

在电视上看到暴乱是一回事，暴乱发生在你身边又是另一回事。

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close to home• And interestingly, the pictures these two picked are close to home.• For a third it might be a school close to home.• It is important, however, to have a source of money close to home.• Some commute long distances while others work close to home.• Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home.• She says it was too close to home and it could easily have been them.• Even closer to home is the enchanting beauty of the Craigendarroch Country Estate.• Local artisans, working close to home, often met the essential needs of the nearby population.

20 at close quarters if something happens or is done at close quarters, it happens inside a small space or is done from a short distance away 〔所发生的事〕近在咫尺，近距离地

The troops had been fighting at close quarters.

军队在短兵相接。

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at close quarters• From our hiding place we were able to observe the animals at close quarters.• There tactics were strongly influenced by reliance on line formation and fire-power, as against attack at close quarters.• This was the first time I had seen such poverty at close quarters.• Harry and I were tall and strong, not easy to attack at close quarters.• The battle continued at close quarters.• The girl must have been, as Martha had said, stagestruck: she had wanted to see Désirée at close quarters.• At close quarters a rifle is almost useless.• He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama.• I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie.• As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.

21 weather 天气AIR British EnglishBrE uncomfortably warm because there seems to be no air 闷热的

The weather that night was hot and close, with a hint of thunder in the distance.

那晚的天气又热又闷，远处还有隐约的雷声。

22 unwilling to talk about STH 不愿讨论某事的 [not before noun]SECRET unwilling to tell people about something 遮掩的，守口如瓶的 SYN secretive

close about

You’re very close about your work, aren’t you?

你对自己的工作闭口不谈，是不是？

23 unwilling to spend money 不愿花钱的 [not before noun]GENEROUS not generous 吝啬的，小气的

close with

You won’t get a penny out of Jack – he’s very close with his money.

你别想从杰克那里得到一分钱，他这人吝啬得很。

24. a close shave DCBwhen the hair on someone’s face is cut very close to the skin 胡子刮得很干净

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a close shave• Mike's had three car accidents, plus a few other pretty close shaves.• He seemed pale and in need of a closer shave.• I had to rinse quite often to get rid of debris, but it did give a close shave.• Had a close shave by the looks of you.• And so we all had a close shave once a term.• Now the challenge is complete, he is considering a close shave, probably in the name of charity.

25 close work CAREFULwork that involves looking at or handling things in a very skilful, detailed, and careful way 精细的工作，细活

After years of close work, she could hardly see a thing if it was over a yard away.

她干了很多年的细活，一码以外的东西她就几乎看不见了。

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close work• Embroidery is very close work.• Before I had been there a month my eyes began to suffer and I had to start wearing glasses for close work.• Task lighting usually entails higher levels of illumination needed for reading and other close work.• He and Clinton have formed such a close working partnership that Kemp, as vice president, would like to emulate Gore.• One benefit, he said, is the closer working relationship between defense contractors and the Navy.• A final recommendation of the consultants was a radical attempt to forge a closer working relationship between the board and staff members.• Microscopes can only be used for close work, telescopes for viewing objects from arm's length distance to infinity.

26. close vowel SL technical a close vowel is pronounced with only a small space between the tongue and the top of the mouth 闭元音

—closeness noun [uncountableU]

She had never had the physical or emotional closeness that she needed.

她需要身体或情感上的亲近，但她从来都没有得到过。

→ play your cards close to your chest at card1(14)

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 6: looking at, thinking about, or watching something very carefully

phrases

take/get a close look

She moved forward to take a close look at the painting.

keep a close eye/watch on somebody/something (=watch someone or something carefully)

They have to keep a close eye on their finances.

nouns

a close examination

A closer examination of the facts soon solved the mystery.

a close study

Their research involved a close study of two communities.

close attention

You will lose weight if you combine exercise with close attention to your diet.

close scrutiny (=careful and thorough examination of someone or something)

The investigation included close scrutiny of the images on CCTV.

close inspection (=looking at someone or something in detail)

Closer inspection revealed that the rocks were from an earlier period.

close supervision (=constantly making sure that someone does things in the correct way)

Initially there will be close supervision of the trainee.

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close• Dad and I have always been very close.• The grocery store on Victory Boulevard is closer.• We haven't finished remodeling the kitchen yet, but we're close.• My sister and I used to argue a lot, but now we're very close.• Our job requires close contact with the sales manager.• What we need now is closer cooperation between the sales and marketing staffs.• On closer examination of the facts it became clear that the boy was innocent.• We have always been a close family.• It turns out that Julie is a close friend of my cousin Kelly.• Is there some one he would listen to, such as a close friend or relative?• Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.• It is important that the close link with the local authority remains.• Take a close look at this photograph.• Mom and I are a lot closer now than we were when I was a teenager.• The school encourages close partnerships between teachers and parents.• Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.• Snowden's close reasoning and unerring instinct for words were allied with Maxton's humour and Churchill's daring.• Federal Trade Commission officials would not comment on the deal, but are expected by industry experts to give it close scrutiny.• But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.• She was never very close to her stepmother.• I'm still very close to my parents.• Are they in good condition, especially those close to the house?• Our birthdays are close together.

close to• The government spends close to $100 billion a year on education.• Inflation is now close to 6%.• We drove close on 500 miles Saturday.• It was close on midnight by the time they got home.• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• There must be close to a hundred people in the hall.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• Barnes was close to death.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• By the time we left, it was close to midnight.• I'm very close to my brothers.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• Do you have any shoes that are closer in color to the bridesmaid's dress?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Amy's house is close to the school.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert.

close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert.

close to doing something• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert.• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• Which of them is close to shops?

take/have/get a close look (at something)• Clare Moynihan takes a closer look.• I cautiously take a closer look.• I picked up the binoculars to take a closer look.• The killer whale was in motion, swimming slowly around the raft to take a closer look.• Three or four weeks later, you can take a close look.• They probably took a closer look as its shares fell to just over $ 1 last month.• Take a closer look at the warning labels surrounding you on a daily basis.• When he took a closer look he was horrified.

a close second/third etc• An irresistible attraction to destructive men ran a close second.• Etzioni and Ward a close second and Nisbet and Fontana less promising in these selected books by them.• Business is a close second in its neglect of children, leaving workers without sufficient family time.• Sea bream, with shallot and red wine sauce, comes a close second in the restaurant.• Uncle Nick came a close second, Robin and Jenny joint thirds; thinking of them all, Ruth ached with homesickness.• Neil Young, whose eccentric recording diversions have made him a marketing nightmare, is a close second, though.• Acid House comes a close second to football fans in the tabloids' top ten of moral panics.• Put to the test, we suspect the anti-bat vote would be a close second to the anti-rat faction.

that was close• Hoffman threw a 1-0 pitch that was close, but West ruled it a ball.• The three space directions and imaginary time would form a space-time that was closed in on itself, without boundaries or edges.• The guard began to search the pile of leaves where we were hiding, but then got distracted by a noise from the house. "Phew, that was close!" said John. "C'mon, let's get out of here!"• In addition, I called an agency that was close to landing me a job and informed it that I was employed.• She looked from Wycliffe to Lucy Lane and back again with apprehension that was close to panic.

close links• There were close links between the alchemists and the gnostics, and for the gnostics the picture was bleaker still.• Mercator's career exemplifies the close links which existed between mathematical theorists, teachers, and instrument-makers at this time.• He is exploring closer links with Diocesan and other denominational youth bodies which overlap in their aims.• The Centre aims to maintain a strong focus on those questions affecting the voluntary sector and to maintain close links with it.• This is formally independent of the Labour Party, but has close links with its leaders.• More recently, philosophy has had very close links with mathematics and artificial intelligence.• A new view of war, albeit one which had close links with past ideas, was gradually emerging.

close3 /kləʊs $ kloʊs/ S2 W2 adverbadv

1 FINISH/COME TO AN ENDnot far away 不远，接近地 SYN near

Come a little closer, so you can see better.

靠近一点，这样你就能看得更清楚了。

Her father lives quite close by.

她父亲和她住得很近。

They were sitting close together on the couch.

他们坐在长沙发上，紧紧地靠在一起。

A variety of good restaurants are close at hand (=very near).

附近有各式各样的好餐馆。

James heard footsteps close behind him.

詹姆斯听到身后有很近的脚步声。

Ronnie sped off, with his brother’s car following close behind.

龙尼疾驰而去，他弟弟的车紧随其后。

stay/keep close

We must all stay close.

我们都必须紧靠在一起。

hold/draw somebody close (=hold someone against your body) 把某人搂紧/拉近

He drew her close to him.

他把她拉到身边，紧紧地抱住她。

► see thesaurus at near

2 close up/up close/close to NEARfrom only a short distance away 在近处，很近地

Now that I could see him close up, I saw that he was very attractive.

这时我能够近距离看他了，发觉他很英俊。

3 close on something/close to something spokenAPPROXIMATELY used to talk about a number, amount etc that is almost exact, but not completely 接近某一数目[数量等]

a voyage of close on 2,000 miles

差不多2,000英里的航程

Examples from the Corpus

close on something/close to something• Cardinal Agagianian brought the debate to a sudden close on 30 October to forestall further public discussion outside the Council.

4 come close (to doing something) ALMOST

a) to almost do something 差点（做某事）

I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her.

我告诉你，我气得差点打了她。

She came so close to the finals she must have been bitterly disappointed to go out now.

她差点就进入决赛，现在出局她肯定极为失望。

b) to be almost as good as someone or something else 差不多，几乎一样〔好〕

It’s not as good as his last movie, but it comes pretty close.

这没有他上一部影片好，但也差得不多。

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come close (to doing something)• Her horse came close and watched her.• He can come close, perhaps, but the closer he comes, the greater the risk of slippage.• A visit to the ancient ruins, especially on a quiet weekday, comes close to a religious experience.• Even La Scala, where an opening-night stall seat goes for £500, rarely comes close to breaking even.• Later Mr O'Malley came close to confirming that his party would quit the coalition later this week.• And this night, he comes close to getting seriously injured.• Miguel wanted to trust Firebug; he came close to letting everything spill out.• A loose end, Kirov reminded himself as he came close to the man.

5 a close run thing British EnglishBrE a situation in which the people competing with each other are almost equal, so neither of them is more likely to win than the other 势均力敌，难分胜负

The upcoming election looks likely to be a close run thing.

即将来临的大选看来胜负难分。

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a close run thing• It was a close run thing.• Exciting Ormskirk made it two wins out of three but it was a close run thing against New Brighton.

6 close on the heels of something very soon after something else 紧随某事之后

come/follow close on the heels of something

Yet another scandal followed close on the heels of the senator’s resignation.

继参议员辞职后紧接着又发生了一桩丑闻。

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close on the heels of something• With another couple of laps he might have finished close on the heels of the two Dunlops.

7 NEARnear to the surface of something 接近表面地，短到齐根地

An electric razor doesn’t really shave as close as a blade.

电动剃须刀其实没有刀片刮得干净。

8 run somebody close British EnglishBrEJUST/A MOMENT AGO to be almost as successful, skilful etc as someone else 和某人差不多一样成功[熟练等]

Last season United ran them close both at home and away.

上一赛季，联队无论在主场或客场都和他们不相上下。

→ sail close to the wind at sail1(6)

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close• She was holding her baby close.• The police questioned him closely about his involvement in the robbery.• For that, you would sit behind the basket, seeing half the game up close.• Close by a couple were kissing, holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up.• There were close to a hundred.• Living close to overhead electric power lines causes health hazards.• Anyone who works close to the darker side of human nature can not help taking on board some of the pain.

close by• Her parents live close by.

close4 /kləʊz $ kloʊz/ noun → clothes

1 [singular] formalEND the end of an activity or of a period of time 〔活动或一段时间的〕结束，末尾

At the close of trade, the Dow Jones index was 1.92 points down.

收盘时，道琼斯指数下跌了1.92点。

The monsoon season was drawing to a close (=ending).

雨季即将结束。

The event came to a close (=finished) with a disco.

这次活动以迪斯科舞会结束。

Finally the meeting was brought to a close (=ended).

会议终于结束了。

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close• Exactly when the Gingrich case will come to a close has become a matter of bitter dispute.• John Champagne and Bob Guadiana grabbed their chance to lead the way as 1991 drew to a close.• Several hours later, the meeting drew to a close and the board members filed out of the room.• Fran lives at 37 Appian Close.• Since then, Service Corp. stock has zipped up from 44 to 47 at the close of trading last week.• At the close of trading on the stock market, Ciena shares were up to $37.• The beginning of April usually marks the close of the skiing season.• I remember the close of each of those weekend nights as a prolonged farewell.

drawing to a close• With the announcement of Daimler, the 77-year existence of Fokker appears to be drawing to a close.• Adam began to move restlessly in his chair, assuming that the proceedings were now drawing to a close.• But because the moon is eclipsed, the stage drawing to a close is an ultra-important one.• Her own menstrual cycle, including its uncomfortable drawing to a close, had been strictly her own affair.• It was six o'clock and at Larksoken Power Station, the weekly interdepartmental meeting was drawing to a close.• But a change was in the air, a season was drawing to a close.• My time with Stark was drawing to a close.• The government had published the employment White Paper, and the war was drawing to a close.

词汇	close
释义	close Word family noun closeness boroughadjective close verb close adverb close closely noun close closure closing adjective closed closing verb close Related topics: Stocks & shares close1 /kləʊz $ kloʊz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb → clothes 1 shut 关 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHUT/CLOSE to shut something in order to cover an opening, or to become shut in this way 关，闭合 SYN shut OPP open → closed Would you mind if I closed the window? 我把窗户关上你不介意吧？ She closed the curtains. 她拉上了窗帘。 Let me do the car door – it won’t close properly. 我来修一下车门，它关不紧。 Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep. 贝丝合上眼睛想睡觉。 She heard the door close behind her. 她听见门在她身后关上了。 2 move parts together 把各部分合起来 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to move the parts of something together so that there is no longer a space between them 合上，合拢 Anne closed her book and stood up. 安妮合上书站了起来。 3 shut for period of time 关闭一段时间 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close up)SHUT/CLOSE if a shop or building closes, or you close it, it stops being open to the public for a period of time 〔暂时性〕关闭，歇业 OPP open SYN British English shut → closed The shops close at six. 商店6点关门。 Harry usually closes the store completely when he goes on vacation. 哈里去度假时通常干脆把店关了。 4 NO LONGER EXISTstop operating 停止运作 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close down)SHUT/CLOSE if a company, shop etc closes, or you close it, it stops operating permanently 〔永久性地〕关闭，倒闭，停业 SYN shut down, → closed We have reluctantly decided to close the factory. 我们无奈地决定关闭工厂。 The shop closed down some time last year. 这家商店是去年的某个时候停业的。 5 end 结束 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or to make something end, especially in a particular way 〔尤指以某种方式〕结束，终止 close something with/by etc I will now close the meeting by asking you to join me in a final toast. 现在我要请大家最后干一杯来结束这次会议。 close with The movie closes with an emotional reunion in Prague. 影片以在布拉格的激情重逢收尾。 closing remarks (=something you say at the end of a speech) 结束语 In her closing remarks, the judge urged the jury to consider the facts only. 法官在结语中提请陪审团只需考虑事实。 6 close an account BFBto stop having and using a bank account or other financial account 注销账户 My husband closed all my credit card accounts without even asking me. 我丈夫没问我就注销了我所有的信用卡账户。 7 FINANCIAL/ECONOMICin money markets 货币市场上 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BFS to be worth a particular amount of money at the end of a day’s trading (=the buying and selling of shares) on the stock exchange 以…价格收盘 close at The dollar closed at 64p against the pound. 美元兑英镑收盘报64便士。 close up/down Their shares closed 27p up (=worth 27p more). 他们的股票收盘时上涨27便士。 8. close a deal/sale/contract etc ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto successfully agree a business deal, sale etc 做成生意/买卖/达成合约等 Examples from the Corpus close a deal/sale/contract etc• I enjoy closing a deal 5a.• He talks and talks, compromises and compromises, until he closes a deal.• I told her not to come back until she closed a deal.• In the heart of the city, Bob Scott is further still from closing a deal.• Many will offer low-interest loans, tax breaks or whatever else it takes to close a deal.• Why, then, are some salespeople reluctant to close a sale? 9 offer finishes 优惠截止 [intransitiveI]FINISH/COME TO AN END to finish on a particular date 结束，截止 SYN end Our special offer closes on June 3. 我们的优惠于6月3日截止。 10 make distance/difference smaller 缩短距离/缩小差异 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]NEAR to make the distance or difference between two things smaller 拉近，减少（分歧） an attempt to close the gap between the rich and poor 缩小贫富差距的努力 close on The other car was closing on us fast. 另一辆车在迅速赶上我们。 11 make STH unavailable 使某物不能用 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]REDUCE to make taking part in an activity or using an opportunity no longer possible 堵住；封闭；关闭 → closed Bidding for the painting will close on Friday. 这幅画的竞标将于星期五截止。 The country has now closed its borders to all foreign nationals (=will not let foreigners in). 该国现在已经对所有外国公民关闭边境。 The legislation aims to close a lot of legal loopholes. 这项立法旨在填补法律上的诸多漏洞。 12 be closed DISCUSSif a subject is closed, you are no longer willing to discuss it 不再谈论 It was a regrettable incident but I now consider the matter closed. 这件事很遗憾，但是我想到此为止了。 Examples from the Corpus be closed• As far as I am concerned, the matter is closed.• The ticket office was closed.• Until we can talk about this in a civil manner, I consider the discussion closed.• Muzi Ford in Needham was closed.• Roads were closed and eight ambulances stood by as the cloud drifted towards the villages of Wincham and Lostock Gralam.• The Ptarmigan was closed, and so I walked down beneath the ski-tow towards the road.• The A55 Conwy tunnel was closed for more than an hour.• The National University was closed four years ago by the army.• Course all the stores are closed now.• The period should be closed so that actual expenditures as they occurred are stated in this column. 2.• For insurance reasons, the course will be closed to automobile traffic. 13 close your doors (to somebody) to stop operating permanently （对某人）〔永久性地〕关闭，停业 In 1977 the Skyfame Aircraft Museum closed its doors to the public for the last time. 天誉航空博物馆最后于1977年关闭，不再向公众开放。 Examples from the Corpus close your doors (to somebody)• By the end of 1986 Seadocs had closed its doors.• In 1976, Stax closed its doors.• The troubles will not close our doors.• Thousands of businesses closed their doors.• The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression.• Leisure centres close their doors because of a lack of sufficient funds to operate them.• It will close its doors for much of the process, which will be complete in 2004-5.• Equitable's managing director quit and the group closed its doors to new business. 14 close your mind to/against something to refuse to think about something 拒绝考虑某事 She wanted to close her mind to the outside world. 她想关起心门，不去关心外面的世界。 Examples from the Corpus close your mind to/against something• She had immediately closed her mind to all thought, not even realising how tightly she had been gripping fitzAlan's hand.• I closed my ears and tried to close my mind to what was happening.• He could tell by her eyes that she had closed her mind to him.• Academic interpretations held off the shame for a while, but then he could no longer close his mind to it.• Bambi's closed her mind to it.• She stretched out on the bed, closing her mind to the sounds and waited.• Memories of her grandmother's judgements obtruded themselves and she closed her mind against them. 15 hold STH 抓握某物 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]HOLD if someone’s hands, arms etc close around something, or are closed around something, they hold it firmly 抓握；抱紧 close (something) around/round/over etc something Her left hand closed over his arm. 她的左手紧紧抓住他的手臂。 She closed her hand tightly around her bag. 她的手紧紧地抓住自己的包。 16 wound 伤口 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also close up)CUREHEALTHY if a wound closes, or if someone closes it, the edges grow together again or are sewn together （使）合拢，（使）愈合 The surgeon closed the incision neatly. 外科医生把切口缝合得很整齐。 17 close ranks a) SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANif people close ranks, they join together to protect each other, especially because their group, organization etc is being criticized 〔尤指受到批评时〕团结在一起 b) NEARif soldiers close ranks, they stand closer together 〔士兵〕列队靠拢，排成密集队形 Examples from the Corpus close ranks• What happens in this situation has been well documented: Each group becomes more cohesive, as members close ranks.• She had done the unforgivable, and now we closed ranks against her.• The Arab world is closing ranks against terror and everyone understands that this means terror against us.• The male mafia will close ranks and deem such a woman unstable, neurotic and quite unsuitable for responsibility.• When she applied for promotion, the male managers all closed ranks and made sure she didn't get it.• The Republicans in Congress have closed ranks and refused to vote for the president's proposal.• For a time, none the less, the Congregationalist clergy closed ranks around the Suspect Mayhew against the great enemy that Caner represented.• He called for the Lebanese to close ranks behind his government.• President Nixon's staff were instructed to close ranks in response to the Watergate arrests.• Those who want to close ranks in this fashion will find themselves very lonely, however.• The Crevecoeurs had always closed ranks in times of crisis, hadn't they?• We must close ranks with them because we talk the same language. 18 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. → closing date, closing time, → close/shut the door on something at door1(9), → close your eyes to something at eye1(16) n Grammar Close belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object. You can say: She closed the door. In this sentence, ‘the door’ is the object of close. You can say: The door closed. In this sentence, ‘the door’ is the subject of close. THESAURUS close to stop being open, or to make something stop being open. You use close and shut especially about your eyes, your mouth, a door, a window, or a container 关闭，闭合〔close和shut尤用于指闭合眼睛或嘴巴，或指关闭门窗或容器〕 Can I close the window? 我关上窗户好吗？ Her eyes slowly closed. 她慢慢闭上了眼睛。 He closed the door gently, so as not to wake the children. 他轻轻地关上门，免得吵醒孩子们。 shut to close something. Shut sometimes has a feeling of doing something quickly and firmly, whereas close sounds more careful 关闭，闭合〔shut有时含有又快又干脆的意味，而close则听上去有更加小心的意味〕 He shut the door with a loud bang. 他砰的一声把门关上。 Shut your eyes and go to sleep. 闭上眼睛睡觉吧。 slam to close a door or lid quickly and noisily, especially because you are angry 〔尤因生气〕砰地关上〔门或盖子〕 She left the room, slamming the door behind her. 她离开房间，砰的一声关上了门。 draw the curtains to close curtains by pulling them across a window 关上[拉上]窗帘 The curtains were still drawn at ten o'clock in the morning. 早上10点，窗帘依然没拉开。 put the lid on something to close a container by putting a lid onto it 给某物盖上盖子 Did you put the lid on the cookie jar? 你给饼干罐盖上盖子了吗？ seal to close something so that no air or water can get in or out 密封 In this experiment, the chamber must be completely sealed. 做这个实验的时候,房间必须完全密封。 PHRASAL VERBS 19 close down phrasal verbphr v a) close something ↔ downSHUT/CLOSE if a company, shop etc closes down or is closed down, it stops operating permanently 关闭〔公司、商店等〕，停业 Paramount closed down its London office in 1968. 派拉蒙电影公司于1968年关闭了在伦敦的办事处。 b) British EnglishBrEAMT to stop broadcasting radio or television programmes at the end of the day 〔电台或电视台在一天的播送后〕结束播送节目 BBC 2 closes down at 12.45 tonight. 今晚英国广播公司二台将于12点45分停止广播。 Examples from the Corpus close down• If the factory closes down, 600 people will lose their jobs.• Not long ago, the orchestra was the pride of the city. Now it is on the verge of closing down.• Coal mines are closing down all over the country. 20 close in phrasal verbphr v a) NEARto move closer to someone or something, especially in order to attack them 包围，合拢；靠近〔尤为了攻击〕 The snake closed in for the kill. 蛇逼近目标准备猎杀。 on/around/upon etc enemy soldiers closing in on them from all sides 从四面八方向他们包围过来的敌军 b) BECOMEif the night, bad weather etc closes in, it becomes darker or gets worse 〔天〕变黑；〔天气〕变坏 The sun had set and dusk was closing in. 太阳落山，暮色笼罩下来。 c) DNif the days close in, they become shorter because it is autumn 〔白天〕变短 Examples from the Corpus close on/around/upon etc• Apple is also closing in on completing Rhapsody, aimed mostly at corporate users.• And then Georg had closed in on her, a grumpier, more disapproving, hectoring Georg.• But I suspect McVeigh quickly felt the walls closing in on him from these four sides as the trial progressed.• Hutt crept silently into the kitchen, his hands sweating profusely as he closed in on his prey.• The three space directions and imaginary time would form a space-time that was closed in on itself, without boundaries or edges.• They closed in on the bad.• Smitty went first, forcing his way through the branches that closed in on the trail.• Mayock was closing in on third place as El Guerrouj won in 7min 37.74sec. 21 close something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SEPARATEto separate a road, room etc from the area around it so that people cannot go there or use it 隔离，封锁 The roads into the docks were closed off by iron gates. 通往码头的路被铁门封锁了。 Examples from the Corpus close off• All credit to manager Trevor Francis who boldly selected an attacking side and came so close to pulling off a famous victory.• With the distress and disturbance it's going to cause, they might as well close it off altogether.• This closes the opponent off and presents you with a good opportunity to continue the block into the opponent's face.• Following the killings a military order was issued closing the Strip off for three days.• Had he completely closed him-self off in the fourth grade?• Last week, it seemed Dole was coming precariously close to falling off that tightrope.• Close by a couple were kissing, holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up.• I could hardly touch her, and each night she closed herself off with Janir. 22 close on somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) to get nearer to someone or something that is moving in front or ahead of you 追上，赶上 The patrol car was rapidly closing on us. 巡逻车快速赶上了我们。 b) American EnglishAmE to successfully arrange a loan, especially in order to buy a house 得到〔贷款，尤指购房贷款〕 23 close something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE a) to finish in a particular way 结束，终止 The bond market closed out the week on a strong note. 债券市场本周以强势收盘。 b) CHEAPif a store closes out a type of goods, they sell all of them cheaply 〔商店以低价〕清仓出售，抛售存货 We’re closing out this line of swimwear. 我们正在削价销售这款游泳衣。 Examples from the Corpus close out• My old outhouse is dangerously close to topping out.• The bag was closed, shutting out all light.• He got it close and holed out and then the camera focused on Brian Harley, who had a slightly shorter putt.• And if anybody came close to finding out, curtains ...• Her jaw clenches as if she has to force it open and closed to get out each word.• Just as I am close to blacking out, it stops.• Bear even the nights when she was close but out of sight, behind walls and doors lying next to him.• Sampras steamrolled through the first set and closed it out with a two-point resume of his ability. 24 close up phrasal verbphr v a) close something ↔ upSHUT/CLOSE if a shop or building closes up or is closed up, it stops being open to the public for a period of time 〔商店暂时〕停业，歇业；〔建筑物〕关闭；封闭 The resorts are all closed up for the season. 旅游胜地在这个季节里都关闭了。 b) close up shop to stop doing something for a period of time or permanently 关门，歇业；停止〔活动等〕 When it rains, there is no alternative but to close up shop. 下雨就只有关门停业，别无选择。 c) NEARif a group of people close up, they move closer together 〔一群人〕靠近，靠拢 d) CURE close something ↔ upHEALTHY if a wound closes up or if someone closes it up, the edges grow together again or are sewn together 〔伤口〕合拢，愈合 The scar is closing up nicely – it’ll soon be time to take the stitches out. 伤口愈合得很好，很快就可以拆线了。 e) to become narrower or to shut 变窄；关闭，合上 The flowers close up at night. 这些花在夜里闭合起来。 Occasionally the channel widened then closed up tight again. 在有的航段上，航道时而宽，时而窄。 f) EMOTIONALto refuse to talk to someone about something 守口如瓶 The moment I said I was a police officer, everyone would close up like a clam. 我一说我是警官，所有的人都会闭口不言。 Examples from the Corpus close up• Dragging a chair close up to the television screen, she sat down to watch the film.• If you look at the painting close up you can see that it's a fake. close up shop• Finnegan's Bar is closing up shop after 35 years.• Some of the big ad agencies close up shop early for the holidays.• And retailers, caught betwixt the two, were perplexed and losing money, if not closing up shop for good.• At one stage, he considered closing up shop for good.• A few companies closed up shop in California. 25 close with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) AGREEto agree a business deal with someone 同意；与…达成协议 It was such a good offer that I closed with him on the spot. 报价非常合算，我当场就跟他成交了。 b) FIGHT literary to move towards someone in order to fight with them 和…开始战斗，逼近 Examples from the Corpus close• The first shock was that the mill closed.• The legislation closes a lot of loopholes in the tax law.• Close all applications before shutting down your computer.• The pension fund was broke, the mines were closed, and it looked like the moon.• Most of the stores close at 6:30.• It's closing down ... declared a fire safety risk ... only a few years after it was reopened.• After 85 years, the local newspaper closed down last month.• Ann closed her book and stood up.• When he finishes his supper, the boy tucks the lunch box back into a shopping bag and closes his eyes.• The hotel is closed in the winter.• Anheuser-Busch even threatened to close its St Louis plant if the tax measure passed, though nobody believed that.• The special offer for tickets closes June 3.• The play opens Monday and is scheduled to close March 20.• WalMart shares closed only 4 cents down.• The door closed silently behind Mariko.• Hundreds of timber mills have been closed since World War II.• Close the curtains - it's getting dark.• She took the necklace out of the box and closed the lid.• Do you mind if I close the window?• What time does the mall close tonight?• The cut should close up within a few days.• The novel closes when the family reunites in Prague.• Okay, close your eyes and make a wish. closed ... eyes• He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.• Hitched horses in front of the saloons shivered and closed their eyes.• I got into bed and closed my eyes.• She hit the other one, and then sat stock-still; tears ran from her closed eyes.• He closed his eyes and groaned.• He pulled his awkward cloak about his shoulders and closed his eyes, emptying his head of preoccupations.• If she closed her eyes she could see again those glittering lights and hear the gay, entrancing music.• I closed my eyes, trying to make the chaos outside a dream. closing remarks• Mr. Brooke I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks, and not least his closing remarks.• Mr. Brooke I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for his kind closing remarks.• In his closing remarks , Merrill said that the plan "reflects the hard work of many people." close up/down• The stock rebounded somewhat today, closing up 1 / 4 at 54 12.• Adventure giants Atlas, alas, have closed down.• It was very kind of you to look at me when you were ready to close up.• The stock prices of both airlines closed down Monday.• Imprinting and cell differentiation both involve the closing down of genes but the mechanisms are evidently distinct.• The service will close down on 5 September and will be replaced by a metered service.• Cinder blocks have closed up the door and windows.• Or maybe they had closed down the Project and abandoned him. close the gap• He never had a chance, and he never closed the gap.• Over the final 40 metres Louise closed the gap and was just first to the touch in 1.14.55.• Like Schüssler Fiorenza, Phyllis Trible seeks to close the gap between past and present.• Gretna, meanwhile, are hoping to close the gap on leaders Murton by beating Ferryhill at Raydale Park.• But it has closed the gap slightly.• Moors are closing the gap steadily on the leading teams, and three points today could lift them three places into fifth.• Boughton Hall closed the gap with an eight wicket triumph at Huyton.• Finally the research vessel began to sidle sideways towards us, using its bow thrusters to close the gap with Hsu Fu. closed ... borders• Neighbouring countries have closed their borders. close2 /kləʊs $ kloʊs/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp closer, superlativesupl closest) 1 near 靠近的NEAR not far from someone or something 接近的，靠近的 SYN near If you need to buy bread or milk, the closest shop is about a mile away. 如果你需要买面包或牛奶，最近的商店大概有一英里远。 close to Susan sat on a chair close to the window. 苏珊坐在靠窗口的一把椅子上。 I don’t mind where we go on vacation as long as it’s close to a beach. 我不介意我们去哪里度假，只要是靠近海滩就行。 His eyes were small and close together. 他眼睛很小，而且挨得很近。 There are several accounts of dolphins living in close proximity to humans (=close to humans). 几次有人报告说有海豚与人类比邻而居。 The victim had been shot at close range (=from very close). 被害者是被近距离枪杀的。 2 near in time 时间上靠近的SOON near to something in time 〔时间上〕接近的 close to It was close to 1:15 a.m. 时间已近子夜1点15分。 close together Our birthdays are quite close together. 我们的生日很接近。 3 likely to happen 可能发生的PROBABLY seeming very likely to happen or very likely to do something soon 可能的，接近的 close to doing something The two countries are close to signing a peace agreement. 两国即将签署和平协议。 We’re close to clinching the deal. 我们快要达成这笔交易了。 close to death/tears/despair etc The old dog could barely whimper and seemed close to death. 这条老狗连呜咽的气力都没有，好像快要死了。 The prosecution’s main witness was close to tears as she described the assault. 控方主要证人在描述袭击事件时几乎落泪。 4 LIKE somebody OR somethinglike/love 喜欢/喜爱 if two people are close, they like or love each other very much 亲近的，亲密的 My brother and I are very close. 我和弟弟很亲。 close to I felt closer to Rob that evening than ever before. 那晚我觉得和罗布比以前更亲近了。 Fiona and I have always been close friends. 我和菲奥娜一直都是密友。 5 similar 类似的LIKE/SIMILAR very similar to each other 接近的，类似的 close to When I saw Henry with another woman I felt something close to jealousy. 当我看到亨利和另一个女人在一起时，我有一种近似嫉妒的感觉。 Fitt was the closest thing to a socialist in the party. 菲特是党内最像社会主义者的人。 Their newest model bears a close resemblance to (=is very similar to) that of their rival competitor. 他们的最新型号和竞争对手的型号非常相似。 ► see thesaurus at similar 6 CAREFULcareful 小心的 [usually before noun] looking at, thinking about, or watching something very carefully 仔细的，小心的 → closely take/have/get a close look (at something) 仔细看一看（某物） She lifted up Jenny’s silver medallion to take a closer look. 她拿起珍妮的圆形银徽章以便看个仔细。 keep a close watch/eye on (=watch someone or something very carefully) 细心地留意 Don’t worry, I’ll keep a close eye on the kids. 别担心，我会小心看管孩子们的。 You could have improved your answers by closer attention to detail. 如果多注意点细节，你会答得更好。 7 number/amount 数/量LIKE/SIMILAR if a number or amount is close to another number or amount, it is not much higher or lower than it 〔数量上〕接近的 We don’t know the exact figures, but about 10,000 might be a close approximation (=close to the actual figure). 我们不清楚确切数目，但一万左右可能是接近的数字。 close to Inflation is close to 7 percent. 通货膨胀率接近7%。 8 competition/election etc 比赛/选举等ALMOST finishing or being played, fought etc with both sides almost equal 几乎平手的，势均力敌的，难分高下的 It was a close game that could have gone either way. 那是一场势均力敌的比赛，胜负只是毫厘之差。 a close second/third etc (=very nearly first, second etc) 跟得很紧的第二名/第三名等 The result is too close to call (=so close that it is impossible to know who will win). 比赛结果胜负难料。 9 close relation/relative FAMILYa member of your family such as your brother, sister, parent etc 近亲，家人 OPP distant The wedding was attended by close family only. 婚礼只有家人参加。 Examples from the Corpus close relation/relative• The people who had saved my life were my close relations!• We let grandparents and other close relatives and friends enter and touch the infant, if the parents wish.• All of its close relatives except one make the whine but not the chuck.• Financial need, even on the part of a close relative, has apparently never been seen as a situation which required an automatic response.• Because, they argued, the males in coalitions were almost always close relatives, kin selection enhanced the benefits of cooperation.• But they are thinking about commercial applications for the chanterelle and its close relative, the Tricholoma matsutake.• It may also be powerful between close relatives where one may be in a dominant position vis-à-vis the other.• Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders. 10 very nearly bad 险些坏事ALMOST used when you have only just managed to avoid something bad, dangerous, or embarrassing happening 危险的，差一点的 ‘Phew, that was close, ’ Frank said as he swerved to avoid the cyclist. “咳，真险。”弗兰克一边急转避开那个骑自行车的人一边说。 a close call/thing/shave (=a situation in which something dangerous, embarrassing etc almost happens) 勉强脱险，死里逃生，躲过一劫 United had a close shave when Liverpool almost scored. 利物浦队差点得分，联队躲过一劫。 11 almost 几乎 very nearly getting, finding, or achieving something 几乎要…的，差不多要…的 close to At this point, the investigators were closer to the truth than they realized. 此时调查人员差不多就要发现真相了，可他们自己还没意识到。 12 keep in close contact/touch FRIENDLYif two people keep in close contact, they see, talk to, or write to each other often 保持密切联系 Text messaging enables people to keep in close contact at all times. 发送短信可以使人们一直保持密切联系。 Examples from the Corpus keep in close contact/touch• I urge my hon. Friend to keep in close touch to make sure that response times are up to the charter.• Even after Charles married Princess Diana he kept in close contact with Camilla.• To monitor their responses we have kept in close touch with each family's health visitor.• I take that point and we are keeping in close contact with local authorities.• The Society is keeping in close touch with the appropriate authority and full information will be published as soon as possible.• He had not kept in close touch with the performers who had danced in his first little group.• In practice, I keep in close touch with the work of the foundation.• I am keen to keep in close touch with you on this subject. 13 work/talk together 一起工作/交谈FRIENDLY relating to a situation in which people work well with each other or talk to each other often 密切的，紧密的 He retained very close links with France throughout his life. 他毕生都和法国保持着紧密的联系。 What we need now is closer cooperation between the club and supporters. 我们现在需要的是俱乐部与支持者之间更密切的合作。 14 with little space 空间很小的KEEP somebody IN A PLACE with little or no space around something or between things 密集的，空间很小的 The horses are always eager for exercise after the close confinement of the stables. 马儿被关在狭小的马廐里，出来之后总是急不可待地想活动一下。 The shoe is a close fit (=there is no space around the foot). 这鞋正合脚。 I find it difficult to read such close print (=with letters printed so close together). 这样密密麻麻的字，我很难读下去。 15 close/you’re close/that’s close spokenALMOST used to tell someone that they have almost guessed or answered something correctly 很接近，几乎猜对了 ‘I reckon he must be about 38.’ ‘Close – he was 40 last week.’ “我估计他一定在38岁左右。”“猜得差不多，上星期他满40岁了。” 16. close to the bone if something someone says is close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable or offends you, especially because it is about something you do not want to admit is true 〔某人说的话〕触到痛处的，令人不快的 17 close, but no cigarbut no cigar close ALMOST spoken used when something someone does or says is almost correct or successful 只差一点就对了；只差一点就成功了 It was close, but no cigar for the Dodgers as they lost to the Reds 4–3. 道奇队只差一点，他们以3比4败给了红人队。 18 too close for comfort NERVOUSif something that happens is too close for comfort, it is near enough to make you feel nervous or afraid 近得让人不安的 From somewhere too close for comfort came the sound of machine-gun fire. 从某个近得让人不安的地方传来了机枪的射击声。 Examples from the Corpus too close for comfort• That car that came around the corner was just a little too close for comfort.• But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort.• Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort.• In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort.• Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.• Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort.• The movement brought him too close for comfort.• At times, the similarities are too close for comfort, edging towards the derivative. 19 close to home a) EMBARRASSEDif a remark or criticism is close to home, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is likely to be true 〔说话或批评〕因击中要害而令人尴尬的 His comments struck unpleasantly close to home. 他的话切中要害，让人不舒服。 b) PERSONALLY/YOURSELFif something unpleasant happens close to home, you are directly affected by it 〔令人不愉快的事〕发生在自己身边的，直接影响到自身的 It’s one thing seeing riots on TV, but when they happen so close to home it’s a different matter. 在电视上看到暴乱是一回事，暴乱发生在你身边又是另一回事。 Examples from the Corpus close to home• And interestingly, the pictures these two picked are close to home.• For a third it might be a school close to home.• It is important, however, to have a source of money close to home.• Some commute long distances while others work close to home.• Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home.• She says it was too close to home and it could easily have been them.• Even closer to home is the enchanting beauty of the Craigendarroch Country Estate.• Local artisans, working close to home, often met the essential needs of the nearby population. 20 at close quarters if something happens or is done at close quarters, it happens inside a small space or is done from a short distance away 〔所发生的事〕近在咫尺，近距离地 The troops had been fighting at close quarters. 军队在短兵相接。 Examples from the Corpus at close quarters• From our hiding place we were able to observe the animals at close quarters.• There tactics were strongly influenced by reliance on line formation and fire-power, as against attack at close quarters.• This was the first time I had seen such poverty at close quarters.• Harry and I were tall and strong, not easy to attack at close quarters.• The battle continued at close quarters.• The girl must have been, as Martha had said, stagestruck: she had wanted to see Désirée at close quarters.• At close quarters a rifle is almost useless.• He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama.• I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie.• As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother. 21 weather 天气AIR British EnglishBrE uncomfortably warm because there seems to be no air 闷热的 The weather that night was hot and close, with a hint of thunder in the distance. 那晚的天气又热又闷，远处还有隐约的雷声。 22 unwilling to talk about STH 不愿讨论某事的 [not before noun]SECRET unwilling to tell people about something 遮掩的，守口如瓶的 SYN secretive close about You’re very close about your work, aren’t you? 你对自己的工作闭口不谈，是不是？ 23 unwilling to spend money 不愿花钱的 [not before noun]GENEROUS not generous 吝啬的，小气的 close with You won’t get a penny out of Jack – he’s very close with his money. 你别想从杰克那里得到一分钱，他这人吝啬得很。 24. a close shave DCBwhen the hair on someone’s face is cut very close to the skin 胡子刮得很干净 Examples from the Corpus a close shave• Mike's had three car accidents, plus a few other pretty close shaves.• He seemed pale and in need of a closer shave.• I had to rinse quite often to get rid of debris, but it did give a close shave.• Had a close shave by the looks of you.• And so we all had a close shave once a term.• Now the challenge is complete, he is considering a close shave, probably in the name of charity. 25 close work CAREFULwork that involves looking at or handling things in a very skilful, detailed, and careful way 精细的工作，细活 After years of close work, she could hardly see a thing if it was over a yard away. 她干了很多年的细活，一码以外的东西她就几乎看不见了。 Examples from the Corpus close work• Embroidery is very close work.• Before I had been there a month my eyes began to suffer and I had to start wearing glasses for close work.• Task lighting usually entails higher levels of illumination needed for reading and other close work.• He and Clinton have formed such a close working partnership that Kemp, as vice president, would like to emulate Gore.• One benefit, he said, is the closer working relationship between defense contractors and the Navy.• A final recommendation of the consultants was a radical attempt to forge a closer working relationship between the board and staff members.• Microscopes can only be used for close work, telescopes for viewing objects from arm's length distance to infinity. 26. close vowel SL technical a close vowel is pronounced with only a small space between the tongue and the top of the mouth 闭元音 —closeness noun [uncountableU] She had never had the physical or emotional closeness that she needed. 她需要身体或情感上的亲近，但她从来都没有得到过。 → play your cards close to your chest at card1(14) n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 6: looking at, thinking about, or watching something very carefully phrases take/get a close look She moved forward to take a close look at the painting. keep a close eye/watch on somebody/something (=watch someone or something carefully) They have to keep a close eye on their finances. nouns a close examination A closer examination of the facts soon solved the mystery. a close study Their research involved a close study of two communities. close attention You will lose weight if you combine exercise with close attention to your diet. close scrutiny (=careful and thorough examination of someone or something) The investigation included close scrutiny of the images on CCTV. close inspection (=looking at someone or something in detail) Closer inspection revealed that the rocks were from an earlier period. close supervision (=constantly making sure that someone does things in the correct way) Initially there will be close supervision of the trainee. Examples from the Corpus close• Dad and I have always been very close.• The grocery store on Victory Boulevard is closer.• We haven't finished remodeling the kitchen yet, but we're close.• My sister and I used to argue a lot, but now we're very close.• Our job requires close contact with the sales manager.• What we need now is closer cooperation between the sales and marketing staffs.• On closer examination of the facts it became clear that the boy was innocent.• We have always been a close family.• It turns out that Julie is a close friend of my cousin Kelly.• Is there some one he would listen to, such as a close friend or relative?• Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.• It is important that the close link with the local authority remains.• Take a close look at this photograph.• Mom and I are a lot closer now than we were when I was a teenager.• The school encourages close partnerships between teachers and parents.• Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.• Snowden's close reasoning and unerring instinct for words were allied with Maxton's humour and Churchill's daring.• Federal Trade Commission officials would not comment on the deal, but are expected by industry experts to give it close scrutiny.• But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.• She was never very close to her stepmother.• I'm still very close to my parents.• Are they in good condition, especially those close to the house?• Our birthdays are close together. close to• The government spends close to $100 billion a year on education.• Inflation is now close to 6%.• We drove close on 500 miles Saturday.• It was close on midnight by the time they got home.• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• There must be close to a hundred people in the hall.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• Barnes was close to death.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• By the time we left, it was close to midnight.• I'm very close to my brothers.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• Do you have any shoes that are closer in color to the bridesmaid's dress?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Amy's house is close to the school.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. close to doing something• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert.• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• Which of them is close to shops? close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. take/have/get a close look (at something)• Clare Moynihan takes a closer look.• I cautiously take a closer look.• I picked up the binoculars to take a closer look.• The killer whale was in motion, swimming slowly around the raft to take a closer look.• Three or four weeks later, you can take a close look.• They probably took a closer look as its shares fell to just over $ 1 last month.• Take a closer look at the warning labels surrounding you on a daily basis.• When he took a closer look he was horrified. close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. a close second/third etc• An irresistible attraction to destructive men ran a close second.• Etzioni and Ward a close second and Nisbet and Fontana less promising in these selected books by them.• Business is a close second in its neglect of children, leaving workers without sufficient family time.• Sea bream, with shallot and red wine sauce, comes a close second in the restaurant.• Uncle Nick came a close second, Robin and Jenny joint thirds; thinking of them all, Ruth ached with homesickness.• Neil Young, whose eccentric recording diversions have made him a marketing nightmare, is a close second, though.• Acid House comes a close second to football fans in the tabloids' top ten of moral panics.• Put to the test, we suspect the anti-bat vote would be a close second to the anti-rat faction. that was close• Hoffman threw a 1-0 pitch that was close, but West ruled it a ball.• The three space directions and imaginary time would form a space-time that was closed in on itself, without boundaries or edges.• The guard began to search the pile of leaves where we were hiding, but then got distracted by a noise from the house. "Phew, that was close!" said John. "C'mon, let's get out of here!"• In addition, I called an agency that was close to landing me a job and informed it that I was employed.• She looked from Wycliffe to Lucy Lane and back again with apprehension that was close to panic. close to• This activity was close to a couple of shops which sold animal furs.• She also has remained close to another ex-Cardinal, Lasers center Anita Kaplan.• He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.• Therefore, the choice of method depends on which assumption is closest to reality.• Which of them is close to shops?• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• Of these, Corinne came the closest to the Rooseveltian ideal.• Even Plato was closer to the truth than you and yours, Gilbert. close links• There were close links between the alchemists and the gnostics, and for the gnostics the picture was bleaker still.• Mercator's career exemplifies the close links which existed between mathematical theorists, teachers, and instrument-makers at this time.• He is exploring closer links with Diocesan and other denominational youth bodies which overlap in their aims.• The Centre aims to maintain a strong focus on those questions affecting the voluntary sector and to maintain close links with it.• This is formally independent of the Labour Party, but has close links with its leaders.• More recently, philosophy has had very close links with mathematics and artificial intelligence.• A new view of war, albeit one which had close links with past ideas, was gradually emerging. close3 /kləʊs $ kloʊs/ ●●● S2 W2 adverbadv 1 FINISH/COME TO AN ENDnot far away 不远，接近地 SYN near Come a little closer, so you can see better. 靠近一点，这样你就能看得更清楚了。 Her father lives quite close by. 她父亲和她住得很近。 They were sitting close together on the couch. 他们坐在长沙发上，紧紧地靠在一起。 A variety of good restaurants are close at hand (=very near). 附近有各式各样的好餐馆。 James heard footsteps close behind him. 詹姆斯听到身后有很近的脚步声。 Ronnie sped off, with his brother’s car following close behind. 龙尼疾驰而去，他弟弟的车紧随其后。 stay/keep close We must all stay close. 我们都必须紧靠在一起。 hold/draw somebody close (=hold someone against your body) 把某人搂紧/拉近 He drew her close to him. 他把她拉到身边，紧紧地抱住她。 ► see thesaurus at near 2 close up/up close/close to NEARfrom only a short distance away 在近处，很近地 Now that I could see him close up, I saw that he was very attractive. 这时我能够近距离看他了，发觉他很英俊。 3 close on something/close to something spokenAPPROXIMATELY used to talk about a number, amount etc that is almost exact, but not completely 接近某一数目[数量等] a voyage of close on 2,000 miles 差不多2,000英里的航程 Examples from the Corpus close on something/close to something• Cardinal Agagianian brought the debate to a sudden close on 30 October to forestall further public discussion outside the Council. 4 come close (to doing something) ALMOST a) to almost do something 差点（做某事） I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her. 我告诉你，我气得差点打了她。 She came so close to the finals she must have been bitterly disappointed to go out now. 她差点就进入决赛，现在出局她肯定极为失望。 b) to be almost as good as someone or something else 差不多，几乎一样〔好〕 It’s not as good as his last movie, but it comes pretty close. 这没有他上一部影片好，但也差得不多。 Examples from the Corpus come close (to doing something)• Her horse came close and watched her.• He can come close, perhaps, but the closer he comes, the greater the risk of slippage.• A visit to the ancient ruins, especially on a quiet weekday, comes close to a religious experience.• Even La Scala, where an opening-night stall seat goes for £500, rarely comes close to breaking even.• Later Mr O'Malley came close to confirming that his party would quit the coalition later this week.• And this night, he comes close to getting seriously injured.• Miguel wanted to trust Firebug; he came close to letting everything spill out.• A loose end, Kirov reminded himself as he came close to the man. 5 a close run thing British EnglishBrE a situation in which the people competing with each other are almost equal, so neither of them is more likely to win than the other 势均力敌，难分胜负 The upcoming election looks likely to be a close run thing. 即将来临的大选看来胜负难分。 Examples from the Corpus a close run thing• It was a close run thing.• Exciting Ormskirk made it two wins out of three but it was a close run thing against New Brighton. 6 close on the heels of something very soon after something else 紧随某事之后 come/follow close on the heels of something Yet another scandal followed close on the heels of the senator’s resignation. 继参议员辞职后紧接着又发生了一桩丑闻。 Examples from the Corpus close on the heels of something• With another couple of laps he might have finished close on the heels of the two Dunlops. 7 NEARnear to the surface of something 接近表面地，短到齐根地 An electric razor doesn’t really shave as close as a blade. 电动剃须刀其实没有刀片刮得干净。 8 run somebody close British EnglishBrEJUST/A MOMENT AGO to be almost as successful, skilful etc as someone else 和某人差不多一样成功[熟练等] Last season United ran them close both at home and away. 上一赛季，联队无论在主场或客场都和他们不相上下。 → sail close to the wind at sail1(6) Examples from the Corpus close• She was holding her baby close.• The police questioned him closely about his involvement in the robbery.• For that, you would sit behind the basket, seeing half the game up close.• Close by a couple were kissing, holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up.• There were close to a hundred.• Living close to overhead electric power lines causes health hazards.• Anyone who works close to the darker side of human nature can not help taking on board some of the pain. close by• Her parents live close by. close4 /kləʊz $ kloʊz/ ●○○ noun → clothes 1 [singular] formalEND the end of an activity or of a period of time 〔活动或一段时间的〕结束，末尾 At the close of trade, the Dow Jones index was 1.92 points down. 收盘时，道琼斯指数下跌了1.92点。 The monsoon season was drawing to a close (=ending). 雨季即将结束。 The event came to a close (=finished) with a disco. 这次活动以迪斯科舞会结束。 Finally the meeting was brought to a close (=ended). 会议终于结束了。 Examples from the Corpus close• Exactly when the Gingrich case will come to a close has become a matter of bitter dispute.• John Champagne and Bob Guadiana grabbed their chance to lead the way as 1991 drew to a close.• Several hours later, the meeting drew to a close and the board members filed out of the room.• Fran lives at 37 Appian Close.• Since then, Service Corp. stock has zipped up from 44 to 47 at the close of trading last week.• At the close of trading on the stock market, Ciena shares were up to $37.• The beginning of April usually marks the close of the skiing season.• I remember the close of each of those weekend nights as a prolonged farewell. drawing to a close• With the announcement of Daimler, the 77-year existence of Fokker appears to be drawing to a close.• Adam began to move restlessly in his chair, assuming that the proceedings were now drawing to a close.• But because the moon is eclipsed, the stage drawing to a close is an ultra-important one.• Her own menstrual cycle, including its uncomfortable drawing to a close, had been strictly her own affair.• It was six o'clock and at Larksoken Power Station, the weekly interdepartmental meeting was drawing to a close.• But a change was in the air, a season was drawing to a close.• My time with Stark was drawing to a close.• The government had published the employment White Paper, and the war was drawing to a close. Related topics: Roads close5 /kləʊs $ kloʊs/ noun British EnglishBrE 1 [singular]TTR used in street names for a road that has only one way in or out 死巷，死胡同〔用于街道名称〕 Take a left turn into Brown’s Close. 向左转走进布朗巷。 2. [countableC usually singular] the area and buildings surrounding a cathedral 〔大教堂的〕周围地区 Examples from the Corpus close• Lying in a cradle close by are two babies.• I remember the close of each of those weekend nights as a prolonged farewell. From Longman Business Dictionary closeclose1 /kləʊzkloʊz/ verb 1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMMERCE (also close down) if a company, shop etc closes or someone closes it, it stops operating permanently We have reluctantly decided to close the factory. Banks are closing down branches by the hundred. 2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMMERCE if a shop or building closes or someone closes it, it stops being open to the public for a period of time The shops close at 6. 3[intransitiveI]FINANCE if a share or currency closes at a particular value, it is worth that amount at the end of the day’s trading on a particular market Amazon shares closed down at $29.56 on the NASDAQ. The pound closed up slightly at $1.90130. 4[intransitiveI]MARKETING to finish on a particular date Special offer closes June 3. 5COMMERCE close a deal/sale to reach the point in a deal or sale where everyone involved agrees to it The objective of the negotiation phase is to close the deal. He had to lower his price in order to close the sale. 6BANKING close an account to stop having a particular account with a bank Mr Samuels agreed to close the account and transfer the money to a company account. 7ACCOUNTING close the books to calculate the financial results at the end of a particular accounting period On Friday the company closed the books on its fiscal first quarter. 8FINANCE close (out) a position if an investor or dealer on a financial market closes a position, they buy or sell the stocks, shares, currencies etc that they have agreed to buy or sell, even if this means that they lose money If a dealer buys a futures contract and its price declines, he buys another at a lower price rather than closing out his position. → close something → out closeclose2 noun [singular]FINANCE the end of the day’s activity, for example on the stockmarket or in a bank At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had climbed 17.49. The dividend was payable to shareholders on the Register of Members at close of business on 7th May. Origin close1 (1200-1300) Old French clos, past participle of clore “to close”, from Latin claudere close2 (1200-1300) Old French clos, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere; → CLOSE1 →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1close2 adjectiveadj →10-19 →20-26 →n COLLOCATIONS1close3 adverbadvclose4 nounclose5 noun
随便看	the bering strait the-bering-strait the bermuda triangle the-bermuda-triangle Thebes the best the best/better part of something the best/biggest etc ... of all time the best/biggest etc ... this side of something the best/biggest/fastest etc possible the best going the best/greatest thing since sliced bread the best medicine the best of the best of a bad bunch the best of a bad lot the best of a bad lot/bunch the best of all time the best of both worlds the best of something the best of sth the best of the bunch the best part of the best part of something the best part of sth