shut down

关闭； （使）停工

Local governments in some areas were forced to shut down schools temporarily to use them as store houses.(一些地区的地方政府被迫暂时关闭学校，将其用作仓库。)

Companies shut down all the time.(任何时候，关门的公司都不少见。)

The computer system will be shut down over the weekend.(计算机系统周末关闭。)

Shut down the production site.(关闭生产站点。)

He did have retirement money coming to him when the factory shut down.(工厂倒闭时，他的确领到了退休金。)

The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad wouldn't go along with that arrangement and said it would shut down completely.(芝加哥西北铁路公司不同意那项安排并说要彻底停止。)

Eastern Airlines shut down operations at midnight, and 18,000 employees were given their pink slips.(东方航空公司在午夜终止营业，解雇了18,000名员工。)

For example, dolphins, as well as other marine animals, shut down one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep.(例如，海豚以及其他海洋动物，在睡觉时会关闭一个半脑。)

Shut down the main server.(关闭主服务器。)

So I have to shut down my blog.(所以，我只好把我的博客关闭起来。)

verb

1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating

e.g. The owners decided to move and to close the factory
My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
close up the shop

Synonym: close upclosefoldclose down

1. (使)(工厂、公司等)关闭,歇业，停业
If a factory or business shuts down or if someone shuts it down, work there stops or it no longer trades as a business.

e.g. Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down...
规模较小的承包商已被迫歇业。
e.g. It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital...
法律规定资金长期短缺的银行必须关闭。