Question of the Day #811

It’d be one thing if the decision to pull the plug was based solely on CNN+’s underperformance over its first few weeks.

From the 7th paragraph of this article at Nieman Lab.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔電源コンセントから電気器具の〕プラグ［電源コード］を抜く
2. 〔患者から〕生命維持装置を外す
3. 〔活動などを〕やめる、打ち切る
4. 〔事業・融資などから〕手を引く、撤退する

問題文の場合は、3番目の訳になります。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

1. Literally, to discontinue the power supply for a device by removing its power cable from the socket.
2. By extension, to force something to end; to remove the means for something to continue operating.
3. To remove, turn off, or discontinue someone's life-support system, resulting in their death.

 

Examples

• The computer crashed so badly that the only thing I could do was pull the plug.
• They pulled the plug because they felt our department wasn't an important part of the business.
• I've instructed my family to pull the plug on me if I ever become brain dead.
• The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.
• Vic would find out about it, know Janey's talking to me, and he'd pull the plug. - James W. Hall OFF THE CHART (2004)

 

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