late 14c., "a barrier, a fence," from Old French closure "enclosure; that which encloses, fastening, hedge, wall, fence," also closture "barrier, division; enclosure, hedge, fence, wall" (12c., Modern French cl?ture), from Late Latin clausura "lock, fortress, a closing" (source of Italian chiusura), from past participle stem of Latin claudere "to close" (see close (v.)). Sense of "act of closing, bringing to a close" is from early 15c. In legislation, especially "closing or stopping of debate." Sense of "tendency to create ordered and satisfying wholes" is 1924, from Gestalt psychology.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.
我問(wèn)麥基翁重聚是不是為了尋求解脫。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.