| 词汇 | outage |
| 释义 | outage noun[ C ] USuk /ˈaʊ.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈaʊ.t̬ɪdʒ/ a period when a service, such as electricity, is not available: 停电（等）期间 The radio news reported power outages affecting 50 homes.广播新闻报道说停电影响到50户家庭。 Machines - not functioning act up balky blooey break down broken brokenness brownout defunct downtime fail flat malfunction power (something) down seize seize up short circuit shot shudder shut whack outage | Business Englishoutage noun[ C ] USuk /ˈaʊtɪdʒ/us a period when a service, such as electricity, is not available: The radio news reported power outages affecting 50 homes. Examples of outageoutage The city soon experienced scattered power outages as a result of unprecedented electrical use. What you hear are power outages, shortage of water, armed robbery and other evils. Firms would prefer to run their private plants during entire durations of power outages, but many cannot do so because of the high cost of operating the plants. The total outage, as it is called, which is the downtime of the computer since it was installed, is only four and a half hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This will either require an extension to the current outage, or a separate outage later in the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were planned outages for statutory inspections in those years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another example that she gave was the persistent failure to restore supplies after predictable power outages in winter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The risk of an outage is very great indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The likelihood of breakdowns and outages grows with the geographical complexity of the network. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English As well as being environmentally friendly, it reduces transmission costs and minimises the impact of outages in the main grids. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Network and information systems must have effective protection against any kind of intrusion and outages, including attacks carried out by people. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have never had a full and candid account of the outages; that is to say periods when the nuclear power stations have been derated or closed down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certificates that are not renewed and replaced before they expire can cause serious downtime and outages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most downtime is caused by power failures in the electric grid rather than in telecommunications networks with outages being rare and fixed within hours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wind gusts exceeding 50mph km/h, combined with the saturated ground, brought down many trees and triggered severe power outages in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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