WeChat had 1.112 billion monthly active users at the end of March, an increase of 6.9% from a year earlier, while the mobile version of QQ had 700.4 million users at the end of the quarter.截至2019年3月31日，微信及WeChat的合并月活跃账户数增至11.12亿，同比增长6.9%。QQ智能终端月活跃账户数7.00亿。

Still, the severely bruised gaming division showed signs of life. Tencent last week unveiled Game for Peace -- known also as Peacekeeper Elite -- a self-produced title in the same vein as global smash PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. It concurrently pulled the plug on the mobile version of PUBG in China, a title it was never allowed to make money on during the months-long freeze.

in the ..... vein

（行文的）风格;（说话的）语气，情绪

英文解释: Something that is written or spoken in a particular vein is written or spoken in that style or mood.

he girl now replies in similar vein. 这个女孩现在以相似的口吻回答。

pull the plug

结束，终止业务,表示停止、阻止某事继续进行，尤指停止资助某个项目或计划，从而使该项目下马。

英文解释: to do something that prevents an activity fromcontinuing, especially by no longer giving money to support it

plug 做动词时可以指在广播、电视等媒体上为某产品、活动、节目等大肆推销。做名词时它的含义是“宣传、广告”。

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