動詞 shut down:

1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
   同義詞：close up, close, fold, shut down, close down

1. As the Council on Competitiveness recently noted, some of the700 Federal Laboratories are not pulling their weight and need to be shut down.
   美國競爭力咨訊會最近指出，700個聯(lián)邦試驗所之中有些未能發(fā)生作用，應予關閉。
2. Six factory have shut down this month.
   這個月六個工廠停工。
3. A severe natural gas shortage shut down many plants.
   天然氣的嚴重缺乏使許多家工廠都停工了。