Pull the Plug——讓某人死去

** end support（結束支持）; end cooperation（結束合作）; disconnect（斷開連接）; disengage（斷絕關係）; shut down（關閉）; switch off（ 關閉）

** to terminate or remove various life-supporting mechanical and electronic equipments being used to prolong life of a moribund patient

終止或移除用於延長垂死病人生命的各種生命支持機械和電子設備。

~~ 停止；讓某人死去；終止做某事；徹底不干了；阻止某事的繼續進行；停止某個進程、專案或活動的決定；終止業務；結束；取消；停發；撤資；回絕；被解除職務。

~~ close down; stop it all; put a stop to; disconnect it; break off; finish off; pull the switch; phase out; cut losses; bail out; remove someone's life support; let someone die

!! “Pull the plug”connotes to the removal of a stopper that, if pulled out, or pulled up, would flush a gravity feed water closet (toilet).It could also evoke a mental image of pulling out a electrical plug that is inserted to a wall socket, as if cutting off electricity to an electrical appliance.

該術語意味着拔除一個塞子，如果拉出或拉起，會地心引力沖水的水廁（廁所）。它還可如拔出牆壁插座電插頭的心理形象，就像切斷電器電源一樣。

>> Tom’s son has been so lazy, untidy and failing in school that Tom finally pulled the plug, and stopped his son from using the cell phone for a month.

他的兒子太懶了，不整潔，學業成績也很差，他最後暫停兒子使用手機一個月。

>> Julie's husband has been lying on the hospital bed for over five years without any improvement; she finally decided to pull the plug and let him go to heaven.

朱莉的丈夫已經在病床上躺了五年多，沒有任何好轉。她終於決定讓他死去，上天堂。

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授