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对话：
A: Did you hear that Tony's Café went out of business?
你听说托尼咖啡馆倒闭了吗？
B: Really? I thought it was doing well.
真的吗？我以为它经营得不错。
A: It was, but the rent doubled last year.
本来是的，但去年房租翻了一倍。
B: That's a shame. It was my favorite place for breakfast.
太可惜了。那是我最喜欢吃早餐的地方。
⭐go out of business
倒闭、歇业、停业
例句：
Many small shops went out of business during the pandemic.
疫情期间，许多小店铺倒闭了。
If we don't cut costs, the company will go out of business.
如果我们不削减成本，公司就会倒闭。
The restaurant went out of business just six months after it opened.
那家餐馆开业仅六个月就倒闭了。
He lost his job when the factory went out of business.
工厂倒闭时，他失去了工作。
Without government support, many airlines could go out of business.
没有政府支持，许多航空公司可能会倒闭。
A lot of travel agencies went out of business because of the travel restrictions.
由于旅行限制，许多旅行社倒闭了。
⭐That's a shame./What a shame.
真可惜、太遗憾了、真糟糕
例句：
You can't make it to the party? That's a shame.
你不能来参加聚会？真可惜。
The old cinema went out of business. That's a shame.
那家老电影院关门了。太可惜了。