blackouts

基本解释

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。
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If the country cannot save energy, officials said, unplanned blackouts could turn much of the country dark and add one more barrier for rescue workers.
官方称，如果该国家不能节约能源的话，计划外停电将影响到其大部分区域，并为救援人员带来更多的阻碍。
Complicating matters, much of the Tokyo region is bracing for rolling blackouts this summer to compensate for the loss of electricity from the downed nuclear reactors in Fukushima.
然而，使事情陷入复杂的是，东京大部分区域为了应对由于核电站的损坏带来的用电危机，预备在今年夏天进行轮流停电。

Melkert said blackouts continue to persist nationally on average about nine hours a day.
They can't remember something or they have some sort of blackouts and so on.
比如失忆了，或是意识丧失什么的。
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The significant decrease in generation has caused blackouts, many of them ordered by government.
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Electricity distribution is run by the state, and badly at that, causing frequent blackouts.
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A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.
If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.
If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness.

大停电
Finally,the effective measures to prevent and mitigate major blackouts are proposed.
最后提出了预防及缓解大停电事件的有效方法和途径。
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