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

• 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 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。
• If it happened during one of the blackouts.
  如果这是在他昏厥的时候发生的。
• 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。
• Power blackouts have been a regular feature of life in India for many years.
  多年来，停电是印度人司空见惯的事情。
• The drought is threatening to drive up electricity costs for this heavily hydropower-reliant nation and has already caused blackouts.
  在这个高度依赖水利发电的国家，干旱可能会推高其电力成本。这种情况已经引发断电。
• Rich states, no longer strangers to blackouts, are worried about security of energy supply.
  富国对停电不再陌生，它们对能源供应安全感到忧心忡忡。
• For the last three nights during the blackouts were there any incidents?
  前三天晚上停电的时候有事故吗？
• An unidentified man more rolling blackouts are possible tonight.
  男被访者今晚更多的地方得轮流停电了。
• Residents of many major urban areas complain of20-hour-long daily blackouts.
  很多大城市的居民抱怨每天断电时间长达20小时。