shut (something) down
phrasal verb with shut verb [ I or T ] uk/ʃʌt/ us/ʃʌt/ shutting | shut
B1 关闭；（使）停止运转
If a business or a large piece of equipment shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating.
The company plans to shut down four factories and cut 10,000 jobs. 公司计划关闭4个工厂，削减1万个工作岗位。
The crew shut down the right-hand engine of the aircraft. 机组人员关闭了飞机右侧的引擎。
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- Both chemical factories were shut down for safety reasons.
- Three thousand people will lose their jobs if the factory shuts down.
- They've shut down the old biscuit factory.
- All those sweet old-fashioned shops have shut down.
- They had to shut down one of the engines.