shelve

• vt.（本などを）棚に並べる；脇に置く；検討から外す；脇に置く；棚にしまう；解雇する
• vi.

shelveの動詞形から、proof,proveを比較し、shelve, suspend, stopの比喩的意味を導き出す。

shelve (v.1)

1590s, "to overhang," also "to provide with shelves," probably a back-formation from shelves, plural of shelf (n.1). Meaning "put on a shelf" first recorded 1650s; metaphoric sense of "lay aside, dismiss" is from 1812. Related: Shelved; shelving.

shelve (v.2)

"to slope gradually," 1610s, from Middle English shelven "to slope," from shelfe "grassy slope," a word related to shelf (n.1). Related: Shelved; shelving.

1. They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration.

彼らは手紙を押さえて処理しない。

2.The United States is pulling from their shelve toys made in china.

アメリカは彼らから棚上げ玩具を引っ張って中国製にした。

3.People shelve the out-of-fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.

人民のファッションアイコンと道徳哲学を擁護する利己主義を棚上げにした。

4.After a sneak preview of the film they decided to shelve it.

この映画は試写後、放置することにした。

5.They had to shelve their holiday plans because their son was ill.

彼らは息子が病気になったので休暇計画を棚上げしなければならなかった。