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 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。
• Blackouts per household have been kept to a remarkably low four minutes a year.
  每户家庭一年的断电时间被维持在极低的4分钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• I suffer from rage blackouts.
  我有时候控制不了自己的情绪的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• High value of averting blackouts or price spikes?
  避免灯火管制或价格太高的重要意义？