停电: power cutRelative explainations: Examples:1. 频繁的停电使工厂停产。 Production in the factories stopped because of frequent power failures.2. 因停电所有的灯都熄灭了. There was a power cut and all the lights went out.3. 停电使水供应陷于瘫痪。 The electricity failure paralysed the water supply.4. 我正在做晚饭时停电了。 While I was cooking supper the electricity went off.5. 表演正好进行到一半时停电了。 The light went out bang in the middle of the performance.
1 the failure of electricity supply停电后, 城市一片混乱。After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos. 2 power failure停电使交通运输陷入紧急状况。A power failure created an emergency in traffic and transportation.