Question of the Day #944

Once an event is broken up into these manageable stages, it is much easier to conceptualize it and pull together the many moving pieces needed to bring it to life.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at Business News Daily.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 協力する、団結する
2. 引き合わせる、集める、まとめる
3. 立て直す

問題文の場合は、2番が適訳でしょう。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

1. To unify, consolidate, or join together the efforts or resources of a group or team.
2. To move or organize things closer to one another. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pull" and "together."
3. To create or organize something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pull" and "together."
4. To assemble or compile things from various places or sources. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pull" and "together."

 

Examples

• They somehow managed to pull together a plan of action.
• Let me now pull together the threads of my argument.
• The police are pulling together all the facts to try to figure out what happened last night.
• We're pulling employee surveys together from our branches around the country.
• The report pulls together findings from previous studies.

   

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