今天翻译书的时候遇到这样一句话：A great intellectual Adventure was drawing to close。

上网上查了查有以下意思：

bring sth/come/draw to a close 结束某事物 The ceremony was brought to a close by de singing of the national anthem.典礼在国歌的歌声中结束

另外有人译做渐近结束，我觉得在我给出的句子中这个译法比较合适。