closure

n [C, U] 1 closing or being closed 关闭; 终止; 结束: pit closures, eg closing of coal-mines because they are uneconomic 矿山关闭（如因不经济而关闭煤矿） * The threat of closure affected the workers' morale. 工厂行将倒闭一事影响著工人的士气. 2 (US cloture) (in a parliament or other legislative body) method of ending a debate by taking a vote （国会或其他立法议会中的）藉投票表决以终止辩论的方法: move the closure 提议以投票表决终止辩论 * apply the closure to a debate 以投票表决终止辩论. Cf 参看 guillotine 3.

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