•Could you close the door/window please?请关上门／窗，好吗？

•Close your eyes - I've got a surprise for you.闭上眼睛——我有个惊喜给你。

•The banks had closed (to customers) so I couldn't get any money out.银行关门了，所以我取不了钱。

•The museum closes at 5.30.博物馆五点半闭馆。

•We can't get a drink! It's after (pub)closing time.我们喝不到酒了！已经打烊了。

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•The play closed with the tragic death of both hero and heroine.这部戏以男女主角的惨死告终。

•She closed the meeting with a short speech.她以简短的讲话结束了会议。

•The pound closed at (= was worth) $1.47 at the end of the day's trading.英镑在一天交易结束时收盘价为1.47美元。

•I closed that bank account when I came to London.我一到伦敦就把那个银行帐户取消了。

•The factory closed over ten years ago.这家工厂十几年前就关闭了。

•We closed a deal with a major supermarket.我们与一家大超市做成了一笔交易。

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•She closed her eyes to the fact that her son was stealing.她对儿子偷窃的事视而不见。

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•In the past, the party would have closed ranks around its leader and defended him loyally.要是在以前的话，该党会紧紧团结在其领袖周围，忠心地维护他。

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•All the mines in this area were closed down in the 80's.该地区的矿井在20世纪80年代全部关闭。

•Our local butcher is closing down.我们当地的肉铺快停业了。

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•The advancing soldiers closed in on the town.前进的士兵一步步包围了城镇。

•The hunt chased the fox until it was too tired and weak to run and then closed in for the kill.猎狐队一直把狐狸追得精疲力竭跑不动了，然后再包围上来捕杀它。

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•Police quickly closed off the area.警方迅速封闭了该地区。

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•I tried to bring the conversation to a close.我尽力使这次谈话快点结束。

•"Let's draw this meeting to a close, gentlemen," said the chairman.“各位先生，我们这次会议就到此为止吧，”主席说。

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•He lives at 83 Barker Close.他住在巴克街83号。

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•There weren't many people at the funeral - just close family/relatives.葬礼上没有多少人——只有一些至亲。

•They're a worrying political party because of their close links/ties with terrorist groups.这个政党令人担忧，因为他们与恐怖组织有密切联系。

•In those early months, there's a very close bond between mother and child.在婴儿出生后的头几个月，母婴之间有一种非常亲密的纽带关系。

•a close community非常团结的集体

•Mira is one of my closest friends.米拉是我的一位密友。

•Her relationship isn't good with her father, but she's very close to her mother.她和父亲的关系不好，可是和母亲的关系非常亲近。

•My brother and I have become much closer over the years.这些年，哥哥和我的关系亲密多了。

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•The election results were so close they had to vote again.选举结果非常接近，他们不得不重新投票。

•He came second in the race, but it was very close.他跑了第二名，不过差距很小。

•The youngest boys are so close in age they look like twins.两个最小的男孩年龄很接近，看上去就像双胞胎。

•Both children bear a very close resemblance to their father.两个孩子长得都很像他们的父亲。

•I think there are close on three million unemployed at present.我想现在有将近300万失业人口。

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•He's so close about his past - it seems like he's hiding something.他对自己的过去守口如瓶——好像要隐瞒甚么似的。

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•Can I open the window? It's very close in here.我能开窗吗？这里太闷了。

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•Don't get too close to that dog, Rosie.罗西，别太靠近那只狗。

•I hate people standing too close to me.我讨厌别人站得太靠近我。

•As Christmas gets closer, the shops get more and more crowded.随着圣诞节临近，商店里越来越拥挤。

•Emma looked close to tears (= almost going to cry).艾玛看起来要哭了。

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•When you see famous people at close quarters, they always appear much smaller than you imagined them.近距离看名人时，他们看起来往往比你想像中要平凡得多。

•He was shot at close range.他是被近距离枪杀的。

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•His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort.他母亲住在与我们邻近的那条街上，离得有点太近，令人不自在。

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•Phil was furious with the manager - I think he came close to blows.菲尔对经理大发雷霆——我看他几乎要大打出手了。