| 释义 |
close the book on sth to stop working on something, especially a police operation, because it is not making any progress停止做某事;〔尤指警方〕停止调查某事:•Detectives had closed the book on the Hornsey Murders case three years previously.警探三年前就停止了对霍恩赛谋杀案的调查。⇒CLOSING DATE,CLOSING TIME⇒shut / close the door on sth at DOOR(9)⇒close your eyes to sth at EYE¹ (16)close the book on sthto stop doing sth because you no longer believe you will be successful or will find a solution（因相信不会成功或没有结论而）放弃The police have closed the book on the case(= they have stopped trying to solve it).警方已经放弃侦破此案。 |