close by在旁边； 附近closev.关；合拢；不开放；停业；结束；收盘；（使）缩小；牢牢握住或抓住；（使）靠拢；同意；短兵相接adj.亲近的；近的；几乎的；闷热的；严密的；紧凑的；剪得很短的；守口如瓶的；吝啬的；势均力敌的adv.接近；靠近；紧紧地n.死胡同；完结；结论close - range photogrammetry近景摄影测量close-end investment company定额投资公司close mowing cutting apparatus低割型切割器close-air-support aircraft近距离支持飞机close-grid electrical method高密度电法close-over hexagonal lattice密集六角晶格Close-to-nature management近自然经营close and distant relationship亲疏关系closely spaced parallel runway近距平行跑道close-coupling approximation密耦近似

1. American writers closed ranks yesterday behind Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie, with at least two demonstrations planned for tomorrow and called for President Bush to take action.
   美国作家昨天团结一致支持《撒旦诗篇》的作者拉什迪，计划明天至少举行两起示威，并要求布什总统采取行动。
2. In times of crisis party members should close ranks.
   在紧要关头，党员应该团结起来。