The bill provides a way for the government to close failing banks.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

So what makes him feel close to home, in a way, has to make him feel close to the religion he's trying to reject.

所以，要想让一个人对亲近家，在某种意义上，先得让他亲近他试图抗拒的宗教。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I mean... and the park is pretty close. It's like 5 blocks that way, so.

公园也很近。差不多5个街区的路程。

关于旧金山大学校园 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

much like a dog on Earth. I walked close to the creature and began speaking in much the same way I would speak to a dog or other animal on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

It's a way of becoming not just close to the real, but also part of some mystical unity.

这是一种不过于接近现实，保留着部分，神秘色彩的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"There were some problems with some tactics, techniques and procedures, the way in which close air support was supposed to have been executed in this case, such that, at least with one of the aircraft involved, a B-1 bomber, that plane because of how it takes its bombing routes had to break away from positive I.D.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

you could characterize them in terms of how they're gated, -- and basically how they open or close -- that's one way to talk about different types.

你可以通过闸门的类型来描述它们，这基本上也就是看它们是如何打开或关闭的-,这是一种讨论不同类型的方法。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

A phalanx understood in this way only makes sense if you imagine very close order.

而只有在士兵们站得非常紧密的情况下,方阵才能有实战意义

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The presence of both Mars and Venus suggests you want to box everything into a neat, ordered, structured way but keeping a piece of jade or carnelian close will help you keep in touch with your fun side."

火星和金星的同时出现表明,你想把东西整洁有序地打包好,随身携带一块翡翠或玛瑙,会使你获得愉悦的心情“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选