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基本釋義

v.
關(guān)閉; 合上; 暫停營(yíng)業(yè); 倒閉,封閉; 結(jié)束; 收盤; 縮小,接近; 抓緊
n.
結(jié)束; 死胡同
adj.
接近的; 親密的; 密切的; 嚴(yán)密的; 密集的; 不通風(fēng)的; 小氣的; 守口如瓶的
adv.
不遠(yuǎn)

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

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

經(jīng)過(guò)更為仔細(xì)的探察,他發(fā)現(xiàn)這些巖石含金。

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

兩國(guó)都在尋求與西方國(guó)家建立更為緊密的聯(lián)系。

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

他一個(gè)人住,與3個(gè)已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)大成人的兒子經(jīng)常聯(lián)系。

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

疼痛和緊張之間有著緊密的聯(lián)系。

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

克萊爾酷似他姐姐,這引起他極大的反感。

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

道森股票以219便士收盤,上漲了5便士。

The US dollar closed higher in Tokyo today.

東京今天美元收高。

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

昨晚交易結(jié)束的時(shí)候,多數(shù)大公司都稱贊當(dāng)天的活動(dòng)取得了成功。

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

布萊恩的掛靴為英國(guó)足球史上光輝的一章畫上了休止符。

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

她的嘴唇貼近他的頭,她的呼吸讓他耳朵發(fā)癢。

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

鯨魚離得太近,這成了我眼下拍攝面臨的迫切問(wèn)題。

She and Linda became very close...

她和琳達(dá)變得非常親密。

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

卡蘭小的時(shí)候和姐姐蓋爾最親。

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

像孩子出生或近親去世這樣的大變故

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

他曾一度被視作布朗先生最為親信的政治顧問(wèn)之一。

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

和布萊爾先生關(guān)系密切的一位高層人士告訴我們說(shuō):“我們的立場(chǎng)沒(méi)有改變?!?/p>

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

早在5年前他就在這家銀行銷戶了。

If you are cold, close the window...

要是冷就把窗戶關(guān)上。

Zacharias heard the door close...

扎卡賴亞斯聽見門關(guān)上了。

Slowly he closed the book.

他慢慢合上書。

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

關(guān)閉文件時(shí)要同時(shí)按鍵盤上的CTRL鍵和W鍵。

Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep...

貝絲合上眼睛睡著了。

When we sneeze, our eyes close.

打噴嚏的時(shí)候眼睛會(huì)閉上。

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

商店只在圣誕日和元旦停業(yè)。

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

那天是星期六,他們可以早點(diǎn)下班。

Many enterprises will be forced to close...

很多家企業(yè)將被迫倒閉。

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

如果他們真把本地的大學(xué)關(guān)閉了,我就得去伍斯特上大學(xué)了。

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

1948年政府關(guān)閉那個(gè)邊境關(guān)口之后,他們便與西方國(guó)家隔絕開了。

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

昨晚伊莎貝爾·奧利娃法官說(shuō):“此案我已審結(jié),并無(wú)謀殺嫌疑?!?/p>

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

他還需要3萬(wàn)美元才能做成這筆買賣。

真題例句

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

It brought family members closer to each other.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

They help students form closer relationships.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

It is closely related to research.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

maintain closer relationships with their teachers

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

It deserves our closest attention.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

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

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

They are quite close to each other

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

He likes to work in a company close to home.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

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

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

She could work close to her family.

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2010年6月聽力原文

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

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

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

2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

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

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

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

2016年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

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

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

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

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

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

2017年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

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

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

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

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

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

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Are people suffering from gadget overload? Are they exhausted by the consumer equivalent of the brain fatigue—information overload—that is caused by constant updates of devices and online media?As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

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

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

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

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

In turn, feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

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

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

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

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

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

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Such initiatives close doors for many pupils.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

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

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

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

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

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

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

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

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

An avalanche once closed the path, killing 63 people.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

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

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

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

2016年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 聽力 原文

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

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

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

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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

2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

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

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

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

2019年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 完形填空 原文

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

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 完形填空 原文

I think the supermarket is close now.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 聽力 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

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

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)重慶卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 完形填空 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)重慶卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

On what days is the sports center closed?

2015年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 聽力 題設(shè)

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

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 完形填空 原文

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

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

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

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項(xiàng)

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

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

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

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

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

2017年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(11月) 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The last factory closed in the 1960s.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

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

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The need to be close to nature.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項(xiàng)

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖北卷 完形填空 原文

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

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

We are closed on Wednesday and Sunday.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 聽力 原文

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

2015年高考英語(yǔ)福建卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

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

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

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

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

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

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

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

2017年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2017年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

2012年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2015年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2013年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2018年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2015年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2015年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. the temporal end; the concluding time;

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

    "the market was up at the finish"

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

  • 2. the last section of a communication;

    "in conclusion I want to say..."

  • 3. the concluding part of any performance

Verb
  • 1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

    "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"

    "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."

  • 2. complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement;

    "We closed on the house on Friday"

    "They closed the deal on the building"

  • 3. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut;

    "Close the door"

    "shut the window"

  • 4. bar access to;

    "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"

  • 5. finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.);

    "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"

  • 6. draw near;

    "The probe closed with the space station"

  • 7. come to a close;

    "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

  • 8. become closed;

    "The windows closed with a loud bang"

  • 9. come together, as if in an embrace;

    "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"

  • 10. unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;

    "close the circuit"

    "close a wound"

  • 11. bring together all the elements or parts of;

    "Management closed ranks"

  • 12. engage at close quarters;

    "close with the enemy"

  • 13. be priced or listed when trading stops;

    "The stock market closed high this Friday"

    "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"

  • 14. cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop

  • 15. change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact

  • 16. fill or stop up;

    "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"

  • 17. finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead;

    "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

Adjective
  • 1. at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other;

    "close to noon"

    "how close are we to town?"

    "a close formation of ships"

  • 2. close in relevance or relationship;

    "a close family"

    "we are all...in close sympathy with..."

    "close kin"

    "a close resemblance"

  • 3. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;

    "near neighbors"

    "in the near future"

    "they are near equals"

    "his nearest approach to success"

    "a very near thing"

    "a near hit by the bomb"

    "she was near tears"

    "she was close to tears"

    "had a close call"

  • 4. rigorously attentive; strict and thorough;

    "close supervision"

    "paid close attention"

    "a close study"

    "kept a close watch on expenditures"

  • 5. marked by fidelity to an original;

    "a close translation"

    "a faithful copy of the portrait"

    "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

  • 6. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;

    "a close contest"

    "a close election"

    "a tight game"

  • 7. crowded;

    "close quarters"

  • 8. lacking fresh air;

    "a dusty airless attic"

    "the dreadfully close atmosphere"

    "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"

  • 9. of textiles;

    "a close weave"

    "smooth percale with a very tight weave"

  • 10. strictly confined or guarded;

    "kept under close custody"

  • 11. confined to specific persons;

    "a close secret"

  • 12. fitting closely but comfortably;

    "a close fit"

  • 13. used of hair or haircuts;

    "a close military haircut"

  • 14. giving or spending with reluctance;

    "our cheeseparing administration"

    "very close (or near) with his money"

    "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

  • 15. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

    "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

Adverb
  • 1. near in time or place or relationship;

    "as the wedding day drew near"

    "stood near the door"

    "don't shoot until they come near"

    "getting near to the true explanation"

    "her mother is always near"

    "The end draws nigh"

    "the bullet didn't come close"

    "don't get too close to the fire"

  • 2. in an attentive manner;

    "he remained close on his guard"

同義詞辨析

close, near, nearby

這些形容詞均有"接近的"之意。

  • close: 語(yǔ)氣強(qiáng)于near。指時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)或程度方面的接近,有緊靠、相鄰的意味。
  • near: 語(yǔ)氣弱于close,也指時(shí)間或空間上的接近,但無(wú)"緊接,接觸"的含義。
  • nearby: 指距離上很近,近在咫尺。

close, shut, slam

這些動(dòng)詞均有"關(guān)"之意。

  • close: 較多地用于正式或莊重的文體中,如關(guān)閉鐵路、公路以及其它交通渠道,要用close。
  • shut: 著重關(guān)閉的動(dòng)作、過(guò)程和方式手段。
  • slam: 象聲詞,指"砰的關(guān)上",或用力關(guān)上。

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

這些動(dòng)詞均含"結(jié)束,完成"之意。

  • complete: 側(cè)重指完成預(yù)定的任務(wù)或使某事完善,補(bǔ)足缺少的部分等。
  • finish: 與complete基本同義,著重圓滿地結(jié)束或完成已著手的事。
  • end: 最普通用詞,著重事情的完成。也指某種活動(dòng)因達(dá)到目的而自然結(jié)束或由于某種原因而突然中止。
  • close: 普通用詞,著重行為的終止或結(jié)束,不強(qiáng)調(diào)其目的。
  • conclude: 正式用詞,多指以某事或活動(dòng)達(dá)到預(yù)期目的而告終。
  • terminate: 強(qiáng)調(diào)有一個(gè)空間和時(shí)間的限度,屆時(shí)必須終止。書面語(yǔ)用詞。
  • accomplish: 正式用詞,強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)過(guò)程的完成;也可指依靠努力達(dá)到一定目的,或取得一定的結(jié)果。

familiar, intimate, close, confidential

這些形容詞均含"親密的"之意。

  • familiar: 通常指因長(zhǎng)期交往而彼此很熟悉,像自家人一樣。
  • intimate: 語(yǔ)氣強(qiáng)烈,指感情或思想融洽、相互知心,彼此關(guān)系親密。
  • close: 語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng),指興趣愛(ài)好相同,因而關(guān)系密切,感情深篤。
  • confidential: 指相互之間可推心置腹、彼此信賴。

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