台湾停电

今天上午9时左右，中国台湾省发生大范围无预警停电事件。

据了解，截至18时仍有超百万户居民还没有恢复供电。

无注释原文：

Taiwan Scrambles to Restore Power After Island-Wide Blackouts

Bloomberg

Taiwan saw regional blackouts across the island Thursday in the latest sign its creaking electrical grid is struggling to meet rising demands for power from its technology manufacturers. 

A failure at the Hsinta coal-fired power plant in Kaohsiung led to a power outage in southern Taiwan Thursday morning. That triggered blackouts in parts of central and northern Taiwan, including the provincial capital Taipei, according to statements from the Taiwan Power Co. The electricity provider said power supply to northern Taiwan resumed by about noon.

While parts of the chip-making hub of Hsinchu were also impacted, the Hsinchu Science Park said its power supply remained normal. A representative for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it had not been affected, while ASE Technology Holding Co. said the impact was limited and that power supplies were gradually resuming. United Microelectronics Corp. said its facilities in southern Taiwan were also coming back online. 

“Initial investigation of the power outage shows that it’s due to tripping off of equipment, but it also highlights the dilemma and fragility that northern Taiwan needs to rely on the south for power supply,” said the spokesman Lo Ping-cheng.

The resilience of Taiwan’s power grid has become an increasing global concern in recent years. Home to TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan plays a key role in the world’s supply of computer chips, and a few hours without electricity is enough to disrupt global supply chains. A worldwide shortage of semiconductors has heightened concerns, triggering a scramble among major companies, from consumer electronics brands to automakers, to secure scarce supplies of chips.

The local government’s aggressive push into renewable energy and phaseout of nuclear power coincides with a surge in demand as more manufacturers build plants. The latest power-hungry chipmaking equipment used by the likes of TSMC for their cutting-edge semiconductors are also an increasing burden on the grid.

The aging Hsinta plant was at the center of two outages in the space of a matter of days in May last year. Millions of households and nearly half of Taiwan’s industrial parks were affected by insufficient power supply and rolling blackouts.

The reliability of power was one of the main concerns raised by companies in the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan’s business climate survey for 2022 released in January. Energy sufficiency was the No. 1 issue the government should be focusing on, ahead of Covid-19, according to members’ responses.

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含注释全文：

Taiwan Scrambles to Restore Power After Island-Wide Blackouts

Bloomberg

Taiwan saw regional blackouts across the island Thursday in the latest sign its creaking electrical grid is struggling to meet rising demands for power from its technology manufacturers.

周四，台湾省全岛出现了区域性停电，这是一个最新的迹象，表明其摇摇欲坠的电网正艰难地满足其技术制造商对电力不断增长的需求。

1）表示“艰难地（或仓促地）完成”，英文解释为“to manage to achieve sth with difficulty, or in a hurry, without much control”；

2）表示“仓促行动”，英文解释为“If you scramble to a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way.”举个🌰：

He threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed.

他掀开被子，急忙下了床。

3）表示“争夺”，英文解释为“If a number of people scramble for something, they compete energetically with each other for it.”举个🌰：

More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets.

预计会有三百万以上的歌迷抢购门票。

1）表示“灯火管制时期；断电时期；断电，停电”，英文解释为“a time when all lights must be hidden by law, or when there is no light or power because of an electricity failure”如：wartime blackouts 战时灯火管制，举个🌰：

Power lines were blown down and we had a blackout of several hours.

电线被吹断了，我们停了几个小时电。

2）表示“消息封锁”，英文解释为“the action taken to make certain that information about something is not reported to the public”如：a news blackout 新闻封锁。

🎬电影《科洛弗道10号》（10 Cloverfield Lane）中的台词提到：In the wake of this afternoon's widespread blackout 在今天下午的大面积停电之后，...

see作动词，熟词僻义，也有类似含义，表示“为...发生的时间/地点”（to be the time when an event happens / to be the place where an event happens）举个🌰：

This stadium has seen many thrilling football games.

在这座体育场里进行过许多激动人心的足球比赛。

📍这个用法，其实在政府工作报告很常见，比如：「Part 3」2021年政府工作报告提到：“天问一号”、“嫦娥五号”、“奋斗者”号等突破性成果不断涌现。Last year saw a stream of scientific and technological breakthroughs, like the Tianwen-1 Mars mission, the Chang'e-5 lunar mission, and the Fendouzhe (Striver) deep-sea manned submersible.

1）表示“（门、地板等）嘎吱作响”，英文解释为“When a door, floorboard, etc. creaks, it makes a long low sound when it moves or is moved.”举个🌰：

The door creaked on its hinges.

门打开时合页处嘎吱作响。

2）表示“（因过劳或紧张）显得虚弱（脆弱）”，英文解释为“show weakness or frailty under strain”，举个🌰：

The system started to creak.

系统开始显得老旧了。

A failure at the Hsinta coal-fired power plant in Kaohsiung led to a power outage in southern Taiwan Thursday morning. That triggered blackouts in parts of central and northern Taiwan, including the provincial capital Taipei, according to statements from the Taiwan Power Co. The electricity provider said power supply to northern Taiwan resumed by about noon.

位于高雄（Kaohsiung）的兴达燃煤电厂发生故障，导致台湾省南部在周四上午停电。根据台湾电力公司（TPC）的声明，故障引发了台湾省中部和北部部分地区的停电，包括省会城市台北。该电力公司表示，台湾省北部的电力供应在中午时分恢复。

熟词僻义，作名词，表示“工厂；电厂”，英文解释为“A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced.”

文章开头用的是blackout，此处用了power outage。

power outage表示“停电”，英文解释为“an interruption in the supply of electricity”举个🌰：Storms caused power outages in hundreds of homes last night. 风暴导致昨夜几百户家庭断电。

还可以说power cut：A power cut is a period of time when the electricity supply to a particular building or area is stopped, sometimes deliberately.

以及power failure，欢迎补充。

1）作动词，除了表示“发动；引起；触发”，英文解释为“to make sth happen suddenly”举个🌰：

Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.

坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。

2）作名词，表示“扳机”，英文解释为“The trigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.”举个🌰：

A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.

一个男人用枪指着他们，扣动了扳机。

类似的还有：

📍stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”，举个🌰：

The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination.

这首诗能够激发起想象力。

📍provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”，如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。

📍spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个🌰：

It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.

是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。

🎬电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。

1）表示“（中断后）继续，重新开始”，英文解释为“If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause.”举个🌰：

Normal services will be resumed in the spring.

春天将恢复正常服务。

2）表示“恢复；重新回到，重返（某地或某位置）”，英文解释为“If you resume a place or position that you have left for a period of time, you return to it.”如：to resume your post/job 重返工作岗位 举个🌰：

Please resume your seats, as the performance will continue in two minutes.

请大家回到自己的座位上去，两分钟后演出继续。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述疫情之下学生上课问题的文章中提到复课就用的resume classes：As well as letting final-year secondary-school students facing exams resume classes, Denmark has also begun to reopen crèches and primary schools. 丹麦除了让面临毕业考试的中学毕业班复课外，还开始逐步重开幼儿园和小学。

While parts of the chip-making hub of Hsinchu were also impacted, the Hsinchu Science Park said its power supply remained normal. A representative for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it had not been affected, while ASE Technology Holding Co. said the impact was limited and that power supplies were gradually resuming. United Microelectronics Corp. said its facilities in southern Taiwan were also coming back online.

虽然新竹（Hsinchu）的部分芯片制造中心也受到了影响，但新竹科技园区（Hsinchu Science Park）表示其电力供应仍然正常。台湾半导体制造公司的一位代表说它没有受到影响，而日月光投资控股股份有限公司（ASE Technology Holding Co.）说影响有限，电力供应正在逐步恢复。联华电子股份有限公司（United Microelectronics Corp.）说它在台湾省南部的设施也正在恢复运行。

hub一词可以理解为“（某地/活动）中心，枢纽，核心”，如：the commercial hub of the city 城市的商业中心，a hub airport 大型中转机场，举个🌰：

表示“半导体”，英文解释为“A semiconductor is a substance used in electronics whose ability to conduct electricity increases with greater heat.”

表示“设施；设备”，英文解释为“the buildings, equipment, and services provided for a particular purpose”如：shopping facilities 购物设施。

“Initial investigation of the power outage shows that it’s due to tripping off of equipment, but it also highlights the dilemma and fragility that northern Taiwan needs to rely on the south for power supply,” said the spokesman Lo Ping-cheng.

“对停电的初步调查显示，这是由于设备跳闸造成的，但它也突出了台湾省北部需要依赖南部供电的困境和脆弱性，”发言人罗秉成说。

熟词僻义，作动词，表示“转动（开关）；转动开关开动（或关掉）；触发（开关）；（松开开关）开动”，英文解释为“to move a switch that operates an electrical system, or to cause such a system to start or stop working by moving a switch”举个🌰：

A special system prevents the circuitry from being tripped accidentally by a power surge or lightning strike.

有一种特殊系统防止电路因电力激增或闪电而被意外切断。

表示“使引起注意，强调”，英文解释为“to attract attention to or emphasize something important”举个🌰：

The report highlights the need for improved safety.

那份报告强调了加大安全力度的重要性。

dilemma /dɪˈlɛmə/ 表示“（进退两难的）窘境，困境；进退两难的局面”，英文解释为“a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance”举个🌰：

He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country.

他面临着是否回国的艰难选择。

The resilience of Taiwan's power grid has become an increasing global concern in recent years. Home to TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan plays a key role in the world’s supply of computer chips, and a few hours without electricity is enough to disrupt global supply chains. A worldwide shortage of semiconductors has heightened concerns, triggering a scramble among major companies, from consumer electronics brands to automakers, to secure scarce supplies of chips.

近年来，台湾省电网的恢复力已成为全球日益关注的问题。台湾省是世界上最大的代工芯片制造商台积电（TSMC）的所在地，在世界计算机芯片的供应中发挥着关键作用，几个小时的停电就足以扰乱全球供应链。全球范围内的半导体短缺加剧了人们的担忧，引发了从消费电子品牌到汽车制造商等大公司之间的争夺，以确保稀缺的芯片供应。

resilience /rɪˈzɪliəns/ 表示“快速恢复的能力；适应力”，英文解释为“the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.”

表示“打断，中断，扰乱”，英文解释为“to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected”举个🌰：

Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning.

今晨的大雪扰乱了入城交通系统的正常运行。

1）熟词僻义，作动词，表示“获得；设法得到；争取到”，英文解释为“to get something, sometimes with difficulty”举个🌰：

He was disappointed by his failure to secure the top job with the bank.

他因没能得到银行的高层工作而失望。

2）表示“使安全；保护；保卫”，英文解释为“to make certain something is protected from danger or risk”举个🌰：

This form of investment is an excellent way of securing your children's financial future.

这种投资方式是为你的孩子提供日后经济保障的极佳方式。

表示“缺乏的；不足的；稀少的”，英文解释为“if sth is scarce , there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities”，如：scarce resources 稀缺资源，举个🌰：

Food and clean water were becoming scarce.

食物和洁净的水越来越少了。

The local government’s aggressive push into renewable energy and phaseout of nuclear power coincides with a surge in demand as more manufacturers build plants. The latest power-hungry chipmaking equipment used by the likes of TSMC for their cutting-edge semiconductors are also an increasing burden on the grid.

当地政府积极推动可再生能源和逐步淘汰核电，同时随着更多制造商建厂，需求也在激增。台积电等公司用于制造尖端半导体的最新高耗能芯片制造设备也对电网造成了越来越大的负担。

表示“逐渐停止，逐步淘汰”，英文解释为“a gradual stopping (as in operations or production)”。

1）表示“（两件或更多的事情）同时发生”，英文解释为“(of two or more events) to take place at the same time”举个🌰：

It's a pity our trips to Hangzhou don't coincide.

真遗憾我们不能同一时间去杭州旅行。

I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's.

我把我的假期安排在孩子们学校放假的时候。

2）表示“（想法、意见等）相同；相符；极为类似”，英文解释为“(of ideas, opinions, etc.) to be the same or very similar”举个🌰：

The interests of employers and employees do not always coincide.

雇主和雇员的利益并不总是一致的。

1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：

The company's profits have surged.

公司的利润激增。

2）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：

An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash.

突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

the likes of sb/sth = sb's/sth's like 表示“…之类”，英文解释为“a person, thing, or group similar in character or quality to the one mentioned”举个🌰：

They're competing with the likes of Microsoft.

他们在跟微软这样的公司竞争。

He was a very great actor - we won't see his like again.

他是个非常了不起的演员——没有人能达到他那样的水平。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述奢侈品集团思索清空库存方法的文章中提到：Every frock sold by the likes of Gucci or Givenchy is billed as a must-have that season. 古驰或纪梵希之类的品牌把它们的每条裙子都标榜为当季必买。

cutting-edge表示“尖端的，前沿的”，英文解释为“Cutting-edge techniques or equipment are the most advanced that there are in a particular field.”举个🌰：

What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before.

我们正在筹划的是澳大利亚前所未见的尖端技术。

🎬电影《像素大战》（Pixels）中的台词提到：I'm thinking this is a cutting-edge multinational enterprise. 我想是某先进跨国组织干的。

📍state-of-the-art表示“（技术上）最先进的”，英文解释为“If you describe something as state-of-the-art, you mean that it is the best available because it has been made using the most modern techniques and technology.”

📍leading edge表示“（某活动领域的）最重要位置，领先地位；（尤指技术上的）前沿，尖端”，英文解释为“The leading edge of a particular area of research or development is the area of it that seems most advanced or sophisticated.”如：at the leading edge of scientific research 在科学研究的前沿。

The aging Hsinta plant was at the center of two outages in the space of a matter of days in May last year. Millions of households and nearly half of Taiwan's industrial parks were affected by insufficient power supply and rolling blackouts.

去年5月，老化的兴达电厂在短短几天内发生了两次停电。数百万家庭和近一半的台湾省工业园区受到电力供应不足和轮流停电的影响。

in/within the space of ... 表示“...之内（等等）”，英文解释为“during a period of six weeks, three hours, etc.”如：in/within the space of six weeks, three hours, etc. 6个星期/3个小时之内，举个🌰：

It all happened in the space of ten minutes.

这一切都发生在10分钟之内。

1）表示“逐渐的；逐步的；规则的；周而复始的”，英文解释为“gradual；done in regular stages or at regular intervals over a period of time”举个🌰：

The plan is for a rolling extension of the tax over the next ten years.

计划是在未来十年中将这一税种的征收范围逐步扩大。

2）表示“（山峦）平缓起伏的”，英文解释为“(of hills) gently rising and falling”举个🌰：

The train journey took us through a valley past rolling hills.

我们乘坐火车沿一条山谷穿过绵延起伏的山峦。

📍什么是rolling blackout？轮流停电 A rolling blackout is an intentionally engineered electrical power shutdown in which electricity delivery is stopped for non-overlapping periods of time over different parts of the distribution region. Rolling blackouts are a last-resort measure used by an electric utility company to avoid a total blackout of the power system.

The reliability of power was one of the main concerns raised by companies in the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan's business climate survey for 2022 released in January. Energy sufficiency was the No. 1 issue the government should be focusing on, ahead of Covid-19, according to members’ responses.

在美国商会于1月发布的2022年台湾省营商环境调查中，电力的可靠性是企业提出的主要关切之一。根据会员的回答，能源充足是政府应该关注的首要问题，排在Covid-19之前。

表示“商会”，英文解释为“an organization consisting of people in business, who work together to improve business in their town or local area”，注意复数是chambers of commerce.

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