Question of the Day #220

"Trump lawyer calls for Rosenstein to shut down Mueller probe"
From the headline of this article at The Hill.

上記の文で、shut down の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "shut down" mean?

答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

---

解答

意味：
英辞郎訳の中で最も適切なのは、 


〔活動・操業などを〕停止［中断］する

Answer

According to Cambridge Dictionary:

if a business or organization shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating either temporarily or permanently

Examples

• The company plans to shut down four factories and cut 10,000 jobs.
• The crew shut down the right-hand engine of the aircraft.
• Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down. 
• It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.
• Mr Buzetta sold the newspaper's assets to its competitor and shut it down.