美 [pʊl ðə plʌɡ]
拔掉插头或切断机器的电源：指拔掉插头或切断机器的电源。
停止支持或中止：指停止支持某事物或中止某项活动。
关闭生命支持系统：指关闭患者的生命支持系统。
停止生产或出版：指停止生产或出版某种产品或作品。
prevent from happening or continuing
... SCENE① C 艾文跌跌撞撞进了文斯的隔间 「pull the plug 撤资 pull the plug的字面意义是“拔插头”，用在医院中就是指“拔除长期陷入昏迷的病患的维持生命系统”，以让他安乐死。 ...
... pull your leg 跟某人开玩笑，不带恶意的恶作剧 pull the plug 结束，终止业务 rat race 十分激烈的竞争 ...
... pull the plug : 终止业务，结束 trustee : 受托人，理事 claw back : 使得到补偿，填补 ...
... Go the extra mile 要想成功 就多付出一点 Beat around the bush （说话）拐弯抹角 Pull the plug 终止，结束 ...
结束，终止业务
The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.
银行有权终止该项目。
Do you immediately pull the plug?
您是否会立即拔掉插头？
To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers.
为了督促孩子更多地与他人交往，你可以拔掉电视和电脑的插头。
The man who took the decision to pull the plug on the talks is Greek Cypriot Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou.
VOA : standard.2009.09.05
"The closeness the continuing progress on the Cypriot talks, would suggest that the European Union is not going to pull the plug on Turkey, because that simply would stop hopes of peace and reconciliation on Cyprus,too.
VOA : standard.2010.04.15
Why else would immigration restrictionists be trying to pull the plug on commentaries like this one?
The only cure for the IMF's ills is to pull the plug on that international bureaucracy.
It is time to pull the plug and move on to Republican Party 2.0.
FORBES: It's Time To Bury The Republican Party And Start All Over