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

• 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。
• 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。
• A massive power outage has caused blackouts in the US states of California and Arizona, and in Mexico.
  美国加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州和墨西哥发生大面积停电事故。
• 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。
• Analyse the reason of fatal blackouts accidents overseas in2006.
  2006年国外重大停电事故解析。
• But conservation measures appear to have have helped avoid feared blackouts.
  但是节能措施看来帮助避免了人们所担心的停电现象。
• Electricity blackouts and water shortages caused by fire and flood and affecting hundreds of thousands of households and businesses have compounded the chaos.
  火灾与洪水造成的停电和缺水，影响到数十万家庭和企业，这造成了更大的混乱。
• High value of averting blackouts or price spikes?
  避免灯火管制或价格太高的重要意义？
• 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。
• The project will enable the country to overcome frequent power shortages and blackouts, and has raised hopes of national recovery following years of bitter conflict, Mazzei says.
  该项目还将有助于塞拉利昂解决经常性电力短缺和停电问题，为该国在多年的惨烈冲突之后实现复苏带来了希望，Mazzei说。