The gap between the two top teams is closing all the time.

两支顶尖队的差距一直在缩小。

Fiat in Italy is closing all of its production plants for one month because of lagging car sales in Europe.

由于欧洲汽车销售的不景气，意大利菲亚特汽车公司决定将所有生产厂关闭一个月。

The company is closing the gap.

该公司正在缩小差距。

This factory is closing soon.

这家工厂很快就要关闭。

But the distance is closing.

但中美间的距离在拉近。

Oh! Watch out, the door is closing.

小心！车门要关了。

Now South Asia is closing the gap (see chart 3).

现在南亚国家正在缩小差距（见图3）。

“Hello, the base is closing in six months, ” says Jonkins.

“你想啊，咱们这个基地再有6个月就关了。” 詹金斯说道。

It is closing upon us even as the water-lily upon its own tomorrow.

它在我们心上闭合，就像莲花休闭于自己的明天。

Utah is closing its defined-benefit plan to new employees next June.

犹他州也计划于明年六月停止对新员工的养老金固定收益计划。

And so, with a Gallic shrug, Carrefour is closing up shop in much of South-East Asia.

基于现状如此，家乐福摆出“责不在我，我也没辙”的态度，陆续关闭东南亚大部分的门店。

Sure, Amazon is closing in, but they are still not close enough for that to matter just yet.

当然，亚马逊也接近，但还不是。

It has reduced the amount of credit it extends and it is closing about 400 of its U.S. branches.

它减少了银行的贷款数量，而且正在关闭大约4百家美国分行。

Most maths teachers are still males even though, in this subject area, the gender gap is closing.

在这个主题领域，尽管性别差异正在缩小，但是数学老师依然大都是男性。

She said: 'I feel as though a whole life chapter is closing, and a new exciting one is unfolding.

她说：“我感觉好像是一个生命的完整篇章正在缓缓合上，而另一个新的令人激动的篇章正在慢慢展开。

Although nonwhite women earn even less, the gap is closing between white women and women of color.

尽管非白人妇女挣得更少，但是白人妇女和其他有色人种妇女之间的差距已在逐渐缩小。

So I think all of those things are shown as evidence that China, in particular, is closing the gap.

所以我认为，这些都证明，中国正在缩小与美国的差距。

But although the gap between this informal economy and Brazil's formal one is closing, it remains huge.

虽然巴西的非正规经济与正规经济之间的差距正在缩小，但差距仍然是巨大的。

Online piracy costs Hollywood less than the physical variety, ripping off DVDs, but the gap is closing.

互联网的盗版比实体DVD盗版少，但是现在这个差距正在缩小。

And Fiat in Italy is closing all of its production plants for one month because of lagging car sales in Europe.

另外，由于欧洲汽车销售的不景气，意大利菲亚特汽车公司决定将所有生产厂关闭一个月。