"close the book on" in Chinese (Simplified)
结束(某事)不再追究
Definition
决定某事(如问题、事件或调查)已经结束,不再需要关注或讨论。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
这是一个习语,常用于正式或半正式场合(如新闻、法律、商业)。通常指在多次努力或讨论后决定不再继续某件事。
Examples
The police decided to close the book on the case after ten years.
警方决定在十年后**结束**此案。
It's time to close the book on our old disagreements.
是时候**结束**我们以前的分歧了。
The company wants to close the book on last year’s losses and move forward.
公司希望**不再追究**去年的亏损并继续前进。
After weeks of searching, we finally closed the book on the missing files.
经过几周的寻找,我们终于**结束**了丢失文件的调查。
Let’s just close the book on that argument and not bring it up again.
我们还是**别再提**那个争论,彻底结束吧。
Sometimes, you just have to close the book on things you can’t change.
有时候,你只能**结束**无法改变的事。