| 词汇 | collocation_english_electricity |
| 释义 | Collocations with electricityThese are words often used in combination with electricity. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. amount of electricity A bill based on the weight of the copper (and later zinc), and hence the amount of electricity used, was sent to the household. atmospheric electricity This claimed to utilize atmospheric electricity to eliminate the overhead wire used by the existing telegraph systems. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. availability of electricity The cost per mile of lighting can be affected by the frequency of interchanges, type of lighting installation and availability of electricity supply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 conductor of electricity It is a good conductor of electricity when molten, but very poor in the solid state. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. electricity bill One reason is that in most households the electricity bill is lower than the telephone bill. electricity consumption Thus, the contextual knowledge becomes operational (since it is used in the programs which predict electricity consumption) and hence evolves into contextualized knowledge. electricity customer That is a huge extra subsidy to be paid for by the general electricity customer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 electricity generation The aim is to privatise electricity generation and supply, telecommunications, water and sewerage, railways and harbours. electricity grid One can also distinguish purchased from self-collected wood and identify whether households are connected to the electricity grid. electricity provider The electricity provider was criticized for not cutting the energy in summer, so that people could make plans for winter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. electricity rate Why do they not pay an electricity rate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 electricity sector In the electricity sector, however, private enterprise actively fought against the creation of a state monopoly. electricity usage The final section on ' innovative sources and methods ' is (inevitably) eclectic but stimulating and covers social surveys, electricity usage, population records and music and dance. excess electricity It is consequently necessary to sell the excess electricity on the market. flow of electricity We need to see the flow of electricity and consider where it wishes to go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 generating electricity The most recent estimates put the cost of generating electricity from wave energy in the range 5-15 p/kwh. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 increased electricity There were economic and environmental costs—for example, increased electricity consumption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 kilowatt of electricity They do not ask that they shall have one kilowatt of electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 lack of electricity Some of it may have been due up till fairly recently to the lack of amenities—for instance, the lack of electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 megawatt of electricity It would cost about £375 million—which is £1.5 million per megawatt of electricity produced—to burn the short rotational coppice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 reliable electricity For many years, it has not had a reliable electricity supply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 surplus electricity Conductors do not attract lightning; instead they silently discharge the clouds' surplus electricity by channelling it into the ground. total electricity It should have targets for the contribution of renewables to total electricity supply and for reducing demand through improved efficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 volts of electricity It is traversed by first-class roads; it has a first-class water supply; it has an electrical station which distributes 33,000 volts of electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 wholesale electricity It should lead to a reduction of 10 per cent, in wholesale electricity prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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