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

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.

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

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.

They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.

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.

It brought family members closer to each other.

They help students form closer relationships.

It is closely related to research.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

maintain closer relationships with their teachers

It deserves our closest attention.

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

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

They are quite close to each other

He likes to work in a company close to home.

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

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.

Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration

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.

She could work close to her family.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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.

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

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.

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

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.

In turn, feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.

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

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

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

Such initiatives close doors for many pupils.

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.

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.

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.

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

An avalanche once closed the path, killing 63 people.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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."

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

I think the supermarket is close now.

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

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

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.

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

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

On what days is the sports center closed?

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.

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

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

Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.

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

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

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.

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

The last factory closed in the 1960s.

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

The need to be close to nature.

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

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

We are closed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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