"blackouts" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 停电
• 失忆

Definition

“Blackouts” 可以指某个地区突然停电，也可以指某人短暂失去意识或记忆的时刻。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Blackouts” 既可指大范围停电，也可指人突然失去意识或记忆。常见搭配有“power blackouts”（电力停电）和“alcohol-induced blackouts”（饮酒导致的失忆）。根据语境理解具体含义。

Examples

All the houses on our street had blackouts last night.

我们这条街昨晚都发生了**停电**。

After the accident, he had several blackouts and couldn't remember what happened.

事故后，他出现了几次**失忆**，记不起发生了什么。

Summer storms sometimes cause blackouts in this city.

夏天的暴风雨有时会引发**停电**。

Frequent blackouts made it hard for kids to do their homework at night.

频繁的**停电**让孩子们晚上做作业很难。

He doesn't remember the party at all because of his blackouts.

他因为**失忆**，一点都不记得聚会的事。

There were rolling blackouts across the region to save energy last week.

上周，为了节能，整个地区都实施了**轮流停电**。