每日一句口语 210

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。

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 cascade   

n.小瀑布，喷流；层叠；vi.成瀑布落下

参考例句：

• She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。
• Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。

4 cascaded   

级联的

参考例句：

• His money cascaded away in a couple of years. 他的钱在三两年内便滚滚流失了。
• The water cascaded off the roof in the thunderstorm. 雷雨中水象瀑布一样从屋顶泻下。

5 plunging   

adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。