The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water.

为了控制水流，防洪闸门关闭了。

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Typically, companies implement a business flow that automates the process of moving a case from New to Closed.

通常情况下，公司会实现一个业务流，它自动地处理案例从New到Closed状态的转移。

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Is closed to new, unforeseen input once a flow is started?

流启动后，就不接受新的非预见输入。

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These provide access to the central bore of the well underneath most of the heavy valves which should have closed off the flow of oil, but for some reason did not.

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When asked about Sonangol's closed books and the flow of industry revenues, Martins was quick to suggest that the oil money is being used for Angola's rebuilding efforts.

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The U.K. market was closed, and activity and news flow elsewhere remained light.

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