每日一句口语 210

（单词翻译）

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 collapse¹ of the 

national leadership infrastructure² cascaded⁴ across all 28 

states and seven union territories, costing businesses 

billions in estimated losses and plunging⁵ 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. cascade³:（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. plunge⁶: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。