| 单词 | shut down |
| 释义 | shut down1. phrasal verb If a factory or business shuts down or if someone shuts it down, work there stops or it no longer trades as a business. Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down. [VERB PARTICLE] It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short ofcapital. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Mr Buzetta sold the newspaper's assets to its competitor and shut it down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also shutdown More Synonyms of shut down See full dictionary entry for shutshut down in American English1. to close by lowering 2. to descend and envelop or darken a place said of night, fog, etc.3. to cease or cause to cease operating; close (a factory, etc.), usually temporarily 4. US, Informal to bring to an end or restrict severely (with on or upon) Examples of 'shut down' in a sentence |
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