夏说英语新闻晨读 第236期:英航系统故障

 本期内容：

British Airways¹ suffered a global IT failure, resulting in the wholesale² stoppage of flights from London airports on Saturday. Delays and cancellations continued throughout the weekend. BA blamed a power-supply problem for the snafu, which left thousands of passengers stranded³ in airports or stuck on the tarmac for hours.

Wholesale：大规模的
Stoppage：停工
Snafu：混乱局面
Stranded：滞留
Tarmac：停机坪

 

1 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

3 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。