N-COUNT A power cut is a period of time when the electricity supply to a particular building or area is stopped, sometimes deliberately. 停电 [英国英语]
A windstorm in Washington is causing power cuts throughout the region.
一场暴风造成整个华盛顿地区的电力供应中断。
The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut.
工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
His whole house had a power cut.
他的整个房子都停电了。
"We have to give them guarantees that we have taken the power not to cut everything but in order to improve."
VOA: standard.2009.03.20
The quake also started fires, severed roads and cut off power and communications to the area.
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India hopes a massive increase in cleaner nuclear power will help it to check greenhouse gas emissions and cut its dependence on oil, most of which it imports.
VOA: standard.2009.09.29
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