每日一句初级口语第226期:印度大规模停电
日期:2012-08-23 08:06

(单词翻译:单击)

今天我们要学的每日一句的内容是:

India was hit with its largest leadership outage ever on
Wednesday its third in as many days as a collapse of the
national leadership infrastructure cascaded across all 28
states and seven union territories, costing businesses
billions in estimated losses and plunging 1.2 billion people
into gloom.

印度本周三遭遇史上最大规模停电,也是三天以来第三次停电。印
度
全部28个邦和七个联合属地的主电网发生故障,给企业造成估计
达数
十亿美元的损失,并让12亿人陷入黑暗。


【Vocabulary】

1. outage:断电;中断供应;储运损耗

Example:There will be a power outage tomorrow.明天要停电。

2. cascade:(将 ... )连结;串联

Example:We can cascade them to determine their overall effect.
我们可以将它们串联起来确定它们的总体影响。

3. plunge:使投入;跳入;栽进

Example:Don't plunge head first into another person's room.别冒冒失失地撞进别人的房间。

4. gloom:黑暗;阴暗;忧郁

Example:My eyes slowly grew accustomed to the gloom.我的眼睛对黑暗慢慢适应了。


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重点单词
  • determinev. 决定,决心,确定,测定
  • accustomedadj. 习惯了的,通常的
  • collapsen. 崩溃,倒塌,暴跌 v. 倒塌,崩溃,瓦解,折叠
  • plungev. 使投入,跳入,栽进 n. 跳入,投入 n.
  • overalladj. 全部的,全体的,一切在内的 adv. 总的来说