shut / close the door on sth to make something impossible使某事不可能发生:•The accident shut the door on her ballet career.那次事故使她的芭蕾舞生涯终结了。⇒at death's door at DEATH(7)⇒behind closed doors at CLOSED(5)⇒get in through the back door at BACK DOOR(2)⇒lay sth at sb's door at LAY² (19)⇒NEXT DOOR⇒open doors at OPEN² (16)⇒OPEN-DOOR POLICY⇒open the door to sth at OPEN² (16)⇒show sb the door at SHOW¹ (20) |