- 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.
出自-2017年6月
- 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
- When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
- 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
- They are closely related to physical and mental exercise.
出自-2016年6月
- 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
- It brought family members closer to each other.
出自-2016年6月
- They help students form closer relationships.
出自-2016年12月
- It is closely related to research.
出自-2016年12月
- 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月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- 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
- 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
- But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.
出自-2015年12月
- A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.
出自-2015年12月
- 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月听力原文
- 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
- 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
- In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because
出自-2012年6月
- maintain closer relationships with their teachers
出自-2012年6月
- It deserves our closest attention.
出自-2011年6月
- 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月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- They are quite close to each other
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- He likes to work in a company close to home.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- She could work close to her family.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- Drug abuse is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone close to him.
2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D.C.
2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 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月四级真题（第一套）听力 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月四级真题（第一套）听力 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月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- The other surveys asked about times when subjects had themselves called someone close to them by the wrong name.
2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements.
2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
- Thirty years after he imagined the city, Park's baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 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月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- with this variety will come the end of the close association of age and stage.
2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- Working-class children are happier, more independent, complain less and are closer to family members, Ms.
出自-2017年6月
- 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
- The retailer also announced the locations of 36 stores it will close in early 2016.
出自-2017年6月
- 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
- None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.
出自-2017年6月
- Still, it is true that American families are growing closer at the dawn of this new millennium ( ' , 千年).
出自-2016年6月
- Intimacy is the feeling of closeness, of connectedness with someone, of bonding.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- 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月听力原文
- 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
- 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
- But one costs $50 a dose and the other close to $2,000.
出自-2015年12月
- 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月听力原文
- 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月六级真题（第二套）阅读 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月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- In turn, feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 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月六级真题（第二套）阅读 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月六级真题（第二套）阅读 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月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- Such initiatives close doors for many pupils.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 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月六级真题（第一套）阅读 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月六级真题（第三套）阅读 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月六级真题（第三套）阅读 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年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- An avalanche once closed the path, killing 63 people.
2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Everyone is supposed to put books back to the shelves when the closing bell is sounded.
2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 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年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 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年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Fortunately, Natalie's family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city's bridge closed.
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of capital hill and the national mall.
2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语湖南卷 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年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
- I think the supermarket is close now.
2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文
- Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use.
2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Leave it open when you're available to talk and close it when you're not.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 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年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Obediently, my class lay their heads on their desks, closed their eyes and waited.
2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文
- On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- On what days is the sports center closed?
2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 题设
- 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年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文
- Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants.
2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文
- Still, most of us volunteers breathe a sigh of relief when the season comes to a close.
2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.
2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项
- Sunday-Friday closed on Saturday11:00 am-4:00pm, 30 march-2nd november.
2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- The café is located upstairs in building 1 and is open daily until one hour before pacific science center closes.
2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- The last factory closed in the 1960s.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- The need to be close to nature.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项
- The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文
- Until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- We are closed on Wednesday and Sunday.
2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 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年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock.
出自-2017年考研
- 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语一）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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
close in
To seem to be gathering in on all sides
好象都纠结在一起
The problems closed in.
问题纠结在一起
To advance on a target so as to block escape
围攻：向目标移动以封锁
The police closed in on the sniper.
警察围攻狙击者
To surround so as to make unusable
笼罩：围绕使不能使用
The airport was closed in by fog.
机场为雾所笼罩
close out
To dispose of (a line of merchandise) at reduced prices.
降价清出：降价处理（一系列商品）
To terminate, as by selling
清算：结束，如通过售卖
close out a business.
清算一公司
close by
very near; nearby
靠近；附近
her father lives quite close by.
她爸爸住得很近。
close on(或 close to)
(of an amount) almost; very nearly
（数量）几乎；几近
he spent close to 30 years in jail.
他在牢里过了近30年。
close to the bone
he spent close to 30 years in jail.
他在牢里过了近30年。
close to one's heart
he spent close to 30 years in jail.
他在牢里过了近30年。
close up
very near
靠近
close up she was no less pretty.
靠近了看，她也很漂亮。
come close
almost achieve or do
几乎要，差一点做
he &B{came close to} calling the Prime Minister a liar.
他差一点就开口骂首相是个骗子。
run someone close
almost match the standards or level of achievement of someone else
几乎赶上（某人的标准，水平）
the Germans ran Argentina close in the 1986 World Cup final.
1986年世界杯决赛中德国队差点追平阿根廷队。
too close for comfort
dangerously or uncomfortably near
近得危险；近得不适
an issue being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor's personal experience.
与受害者讨论问题对顾问的个人体验来说可能近得太不适了。
close the door on (或 to)
an issue being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor's personal experience.
与受害者讨论问题对顾问的个人体验来说可能近得太不适了。
close one's eyes to
an issue being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor's personal experience.
与受害者讨论问题对顾问的个人体验来说可能近得太不适了。
close one's mind to
an issue being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor's personal experience.
与受害者讨论问题对顾问的个人体验来说可能近得太不适了。
close ranks
an issue being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor's personal experience.
与受害者讨论问题对顾问的个人体验来说可能近得太不适了。
close, near, nearby
这些形容词均有"接近的"之意。
close： 语气强于near。指时间、地点或程度方面的接近，有紧靠、相邻的意味。
near： 语气弱于close，也指时间或空间上的接近，但无"紧接，接触"的含义。
nearby： 指距离上很近，近在咫尺。
close, shut, slam
这些动词均有"关"之意。
close： 较多地用于正式或庄重的文体中，如关闭铁路、公路以及其它交通渠道，要用close。
shut： 着重关闭的动作、过程和方式手段。
slam： 象声词，指"砰的关上"，或用力关上。
complete, finish, end, close, conclude, terminate, accomplish
这些动词均含"结束，完成"之意。
complete： 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。
finish： 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。
end： 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。
close： 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。
conclude： 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。
terminate： 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。
accomplish： 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。
familiar, intimate, close, confidential
这些形容词均含"亲密的"之意。
familiar： 通常指因长期交往而彼此很熟悉，像自家人一样。
intimate： 语气强烈，指感情或思想融洽、相互知心，彼此关系亲密。
close： 语气较强，指兴趣爱好相同，因而关系密切，感情深笃。
confidential： 指相互之间可推心置腹、彼此信赖。
