blackouts

英 [ˈblækaʊts]

美 [ˈblæˌkaʊts]

n.  断电; 停电; 新闻封锁; 灯火管制(期)
blackout的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （战时）灯火管制期
  Ablackoutis a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
  1. ...blackout curtains.
     遮光幕帘
• N-COUNT （新闻等的）禁播，封锁，禁止出版
  If ablackoutis imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.
  1. ...a media blackout imposed by the Imperial Palace...
     皇宫施行的新闻封锁
  2. Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally.
     记者们说有关这场集会的新闻实际上被封锁了。
• N-COUNT 停电；断电
  If there is a powerblackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.
  1. There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country.
     该国北部大片地区断电。
• N-COUNT 晕厥；暂时昏迷
  If you have ablackout, you temporarily lose consciousness.
  1. I suffered a black-out which lasted for several minutes.
     我昏迷了几分钟。

双语例句

• The blackouts didn't have any effect on the prison operations.
  停电对监狱没有任何影响。
• You have blackouts and forget things, right?
  你已经晕了，忘记一切吧，好吗？
• We could sharply increase the reliability of their network and reduce blackouts.
  我们能极大地提高他们的电网的稳定性，减少停电事故。
• But following the catastrophe of Fukushima and the power blackouts that followed, Japan has seen an explosion in investment in alternatives.
  但继福岛核危机和随后大范围停电后，日本在可替代能源领域的投资呈现出爆炸式增长。
• Faults in the power lines have led to occasional blackouts lasting a few hours each.
  输电线路故障已导致了一些偶尔停电，每次停电持续达数小时之久。
• The summers are often accompanied by severe water shortages and power blackouts due to crumbling infrastructure and the weather.
  由于基础建设不完善以及气候因素，夏季常伴随严重缺水与电力管制。
• Nobody familiar with the power grid expects blackouts to disappear entirely.
  熟习电力输送网的专家都不认为停电会完全消失。
• But despite having one of the hottest summers on record, Japan has had no power rationing or blackouts this year.
  尽管经历了有史以来最热的夏天之一，但日本今年并没有限电，也没有停电。
• But backed-up ports, frequent blackouts and hellish roads put many off.
  但落后的港口、频繁的停电以及糟糕的道路，让许多公司望而却步。
• But recently, successive power blackouts of large scale occurred in the world, result in a great loss, which attracts researchers attention to the reliability of power grid.
  但是由于近年来世界范围内大停电事故频频发生，带来了巨大损失，因此，引起了科学界对电网的研究热潮。