"pulling the plug" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拔掉插頭
• 終止（比喻用法）

Definition

徹底停止或終止某事，尤其是採取果斷行動時；原意是指拔掉電器的插頭。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Pulling the plug” 常用於形容結束計畫、事業或停止生命支持（醫療）。帶有明確終結的意思。在正式或醫療語境下指終止生命維持系統。

Examples

After many years, the company is pulling the plug on the old project.

多年後，公司決定**拔掉插頭**，終止這個舊項目。

The hospital talked to the family before pulling the plug.

醫院在**拔掉插頭**前與家屬溝通了。

They are thinking about pulling the plug on the website because it costs too much.

他們正在考慮因為成本太高而**終止**這個網站。

We finally had to face reality and ended up pulling the plug on the experiment.

我們最終不得不面對現實，最後**終止**了這個實驗。

Investors threatened to pull the plug if the startup didn't show results soon.

如果初創公司不能很快展示成果，投資人就威脅要**拔掉插頭**。

I know it's hard, but sooner or later, someone had to consider pulling the plug.

我知道很難，但遲早得有人考慮**終止**。