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

• 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？
• They can't remember something or they have some sort of blackouts and so on.
  他们不能够记住某些东西或者他们有某类停滞等等。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• You have blackouts and forget things, right?
  你已经晕了，忘记一切吧，好吗？
• 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。
• The tremor caused widespread blackouts in affected areas.
  该震动导致受灾地区大范围停电。
• 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。