Pull the plug.
Pull the plug.
“Pull the plug”通常用来形容制止或结束当前正在进行的活动或计划。在中文中,我们可以将其比喻为“停止”。例如,如果一个项目因为资金不足而被迫终止,负责人可能会决定“拔掉插头”,即停止所有相关活动。这个短语在商业和技术领域尤其常见,用来强调对某项活动的直接而快速的终止。
It’s time to pull the plug on this failing project.
是时候终止这个失败的项目了。
We had to pull the plug, the costs were just too high.
我们不得不终止,成本实在太高。
After much deliberation, the decision was made to pull the plug on our underperforming division.
经过深思熟虑,决定终止表现不佳的部门。