The same means of communication that were used to speak out are being used by the government as a way of shutting down the opposition.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Now Woolf doesn't try to explain exactly how it is that Milton is shutting out the view, and she doesn't try to explain what the view would look like if it weren't shut out.

伍尔夫没有试图解释弥尔顿是怎样,遮住了窗外的风景，她也没有说明,如果没有被遮住这风景应该是怎样的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So,we are taking precautionary measures and of course shutting it down.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

Although many Democrats and some Republicans favor shutting down the detention center, which they argue has come to exemplify the extreme antiterrorism tactics that have hurt the U.S.image abroad, they oppose funding the closure before a plan is in place on what to do with the 240 detainees being held there.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20