close in on
close in on — 片語動詞
- close in onbase form
- closes in on3rd person singular
- closing in on-ing form
- closed in onpast simple
1. to move slowly and steadily toward a person, animal, or place, often with the ai
逼近；接近
逐漸靠近以包圍或捕獲
to move slowly and steadily toward a person, animal, or place, often with the aim of surrounding or catching them — used for both physical pursuit (police, darkness) and figurative approach (deadlines, discoveries)
The police closed in on the suspect's apartment early in the morning.
警方在清晨時分逼近了嫌疑犯的公寓。
police + close in on — physical pursuit
Darkness was closing in on the hikers before they reached the mountain hut.
夜幕在登山者抵達山屋之前就向他們籠罩過來。
closing in on — darkness approaching
With the deadline closing in on them, the design team worked through the weekend.
隨著截止日期逐漸逼近，設計團隊整個週末都在加班。
After long research, Luca's team is closing in on a treatment for the disease.
經過長期研究，Luca 的團隊快要找到這種疾病的治療方法。
Camila could hear footsteps closing in on her from behind in the dark alley.
Camila 在黑暗的小巷裡聽到身後有腳步聲正朝她逼近。
- approach
neutral and general; lacks the sense of surrounding or trapping
- converge on
suggests multiple people or forces coming from different directions toward one point
- encircle
more specific; implies surrounding from all sides, often completing the action
- retreat from
to move away instead of toward
- back away from
to move away slowly, often from something threatening
文法句型
close in on + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often used in continuous tenses (is closing in on, were closing in on). The phrasal verb is inseparable — the object always follows 'on'. Common in news reports about police pursuits and in narrative writing for building tension.