2019-03-09-Venezuela: huge power
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原文载于The Guardian杂志：https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/venezuela-hit-by-major-power-outage
Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark
At least 18 of 23 states reportedly affected by blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
Fri 8 Mar 2019 00.23 GMT
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| Venezuela has been hit by a vast power cut, with at least 18 of its 23 states reportedly affected by a blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs. | 委内瑞拉遭遇大规模停电，据报道，该国23个州中至少有18个州受到停电影响。当局指责反政府破坏分子实施了停电。 |
| Commuters in the country’s crumbling capital, Caracas, were forced to walk home from work after the metro service was paralyzed by the outage, while the international airport was reportedly plunged into darkness. | 委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯的地铁服务因停电而瘫痪，通勤者被迫步行下班回家。据报道国际机场也陷入黑暗。 |
| Millions of citizens from the western state of Zulia to Amazonas in the far south were also reported to have been affected. | 据报道，从西部的Zulia州到最南部的Amazonas州，数百万公民也受到了影响。 |
| The Venezuelan news website El Pitazo reported that the outage appeared to be the result of a failure at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant in the southern state of Bolívar. | 委内瑞拉新闻网站El Pitazo报道称，停电似乎是由于南部玻利瓦尔州西蒙玻利瓦尔水电站发生故障。 |
| Members of Nicolás Maduro’s crisis-stricken government claimed opposition wreckers had targeted the plant, which is also known as Guri. | 尼古拉斯·马杜罗(Nicolas Maduro)领导的危机缠身的政府的成员声称，反对派的破坏者把目标对准了这座又名古里(Guri)的核电站。 |
| “The black out has been caused by sabotage at Guri,” tweeted the official account of the television program of Maduro’s second-in-command, Diosdado Cabello. | 马杜罗的副手迪奥斯达多·卡贝罗(Diosdado Cabello)在其电视节目官方账号上写道，“古里的破坏导致了停电。” |
| “This is not an attack on the government. It is an attack on the people,” Venezuela’s electricity minister, Luis Motta Domínguez, told reporters. | “这不是对政府的攻击。这是对人民的攻击，”委内瑞拉电力部长路易斯莫塔多明格斯(Luis Motta Dominguez)告诉记者。 |
| Maduro blamed “United States imperialism” for the problem and vowed it would be defeated. “Nothing and nobody will defeat the people of Bolívar and Chávez,” he tweeted. | 马杜罗将这一问题归咎于“美国帝国主义”，并发誓要打败它。他在推特上写道:“没有任何事情、任何人能够打败玻利瓦尔和查韦斯的人民。” |
| Venezuela’s state-run power company, Corpoelec, claimed the blackout was “part of the electricity war against the state” and said it was working to restore supply. | 委内瑞拉国有电力公司Corpoelec声称，停电是“抵抗国家的电力战争的一部分”，并表示正在努力恢复供电。 |
| Amid a crippling economic crisis, shortages of water and power – which experts blame on mismanagement, corruption and poor maintenance – are now common. Even upmarket restaurants and hotels in Caracas are regularly deprived of both. | 在严重的经济危机中，水和电的短缺——专家们将其归咎于管理不善、腐败和维护不善——现在很常见。即便是加拉加斯的高档餐厅和酒店也经常被取消这两项服务。 |
| Even so, Thursday’s power outage appeared to be unusually severe even by Venezuelan standards. | 即便如此，即使以委内瑞拉的标准来衡量，周四的停电似乎也异常严重。 |
| “The international airport … is almost totally without electricity at this moment,” the opposition politician, Jony Rahal, informed his Twitter followers in a video. | 反对派政客乔尼·拉哈尔(Jony Rahal)在一段视频中告诉他的Twitter追随者:“国际机场……目前几乎完全断电。” |
| “What can we say? We’re tired of this government,” one frustrated commuter told the Venezuelan TV channel NTN24. | “我们能说什么呢?”我们厌倦了这个政府，”一位沮丧的通勤者告诉委内瑞拉电视频道NTN24。 |
| The blackout was so severe that one Venezuelan journalist asked his Twitter followers to report if they had electricity, not if they did not. | 停电如此严重，以至于一名委内瑞拉记者要求他的Twitter追随者有电报告、无电不报告。 |
| The United States senator Marco Rubio – who has thrown his weight behind efforts to unseat Maduro and replace him with opposition leader Juan Guaidó – described the blackout as further proof that Venezuela’s strongman ruler was on his way out. | 美国参议员马尔科·卢比奥(Marco Rubio)支持推翻马杜罗，让反对派领袖胡安·瓜伊多(Juan Guaido)取代马杜罗的行动，他称停电事件进一步证明这位委内瑞拉独裁统治者即将下台。 |
| “MaduroRegime is a complete disaster,” Rubio tweeted. | “马杜罗政权是一场彻底的灾难，”卢比奥在twitter上写道。 |
- outage
(N-COUNT) 停电期 An outage is a period of time when the electricity supply to a building or area is interrupted, for example because of damage to the cables. - affected by
受……影响 - blackout
① (N-COUNT) （战时）灯火管制期 A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
② (N-COUNT) （新闻等的）禁播，封锁，禁止出版 If a blackout s imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.
③ (N-COUNT) 停电；断电 If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.
④ (N-COUNT) 晕厥；暂时昏迷 If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness. - authority
① (N-PLURAL) 当局;官方;当权者 The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
② (N-COUNT) 行政管理机构 An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) 权力；权限；职权 Authority is the right to command and control other people.
④ (N-UNCOUNT) 威信 If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.
⑤ (N-UNCOUNT) （官方的正式）许可 Authority is official permission to do something.
⑥ (N-COUNT) （某一方面的）权威人士，专家 Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. - saboteur
(N-COUNT) 蓄意破坏者;从事破坏活动者;(英国)阻挠捕猎活动者 A saboteur is a person who deliberately damages or destroys things such as machines, railway lines, and bridges in order to weaken an enemy or to make a protest. In Britain, people who try to stop blood sports such as fox hunting are also referred to as saboteurs . - vast
(ADJ-GRADED) 巨大的;广大的;广阔的 Something that is vast is extremely large. - commuter
(n)(远距离）上下班往返的人。 - crumble
① (V-ERG) (使)破碎;(使)成碎屑 If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
② (VERB) 坍塌;损坏;崩裂 If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
③ (VERB) (体系、关系或希望等)崩溃，瓦解，消亡 If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end.
④ (VERB) 不再抵抗;放弃奋斗;无力应付 If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
⑤ (N-VAR) 酥皮水果甜点 A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar. - be forced to
被迫做某事; 不得已; 迫不得已; 只好; - paralyze
(vt)使瘫痪，使麻痹; 使不能正常活动; - plunge
① (VERB) （尤指向水中）纵身投入，一头进入 If something or someone plunges in a particular direction, especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction.
② (VERB) 将…投入；将…插入；将…刺进 If you plunge an object into something, you push it quickly or violently into it.
③ (V-ERG) （使）突然陷入；（使）突然遭受 If a person or thing is plunged into a particular state or situation, or if they plunge into it, they are suddenly in that state or situation.
④ (V-ERG) （使）投身；（使）突然开始从事 If you plunge into an activity or are plunged into it, you suddenly get very involved in it.
⑤ (VERB) 骤降；猛跌 If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly. - appear to be
好像，似乎是 - hydroelectric
(ADJ) 水力发电的;（电）由水力发的 Hydroelectric means relating to or involving electricity made from the energy of running water. - plant
① (N-COUNT) 植物 A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
② (VERB) 播（种）；种植；栽种 When you plant a seed, plant, or young tree, you put it into the ground so that it will grow there.
③ (VERB) 在…种上植物（或农作物） When someone plants land with a particular type of plant or crop, they put plants, seeds, or young trees into the land to grow them there.
④ (N-COUNT) 工厂；发电厂 A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced.
⑤ (N-UNCOUNT) 成套机械；成套设备；成套装置 Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes.
⑥ (VERB) 安放；放置；使固定 If you plant something somewhere, you put it there firmly.
⑦ (VERB) 藏放；埋设 To plant something such as a bomb means to hide it somewhere so that it explodes or works there.
⑧ (VERB) 把（武器、毒品等）栽赃（于某人） If something such as a weapon or drugs is planted on someone, it is put among their possessions or in their house so that they will be wrongly accused of a crime.
⑨ (VERB) 派遣；安插 If an organization plants someone somewhere, they send that person there so that they can get information or watch someone secretly.
⑩ (VERB) 给，对着（某人一吻） If you plant a kiss on someone, you give them a kiss.
⑪ (VERB) 灌输（思想） If you plant an idea in someone's mind, they begin to accept the idea without realizing that it has originally come from you and not from them. - hydroelectric plant
水电厂 - crisis
(N-VAR) 危机;危急关头 A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems. - stricken
① () (strike 某些义项的过去分词) Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike .
② (ADJ-GRADED) 受煎熬的;患病的;遭受挫折的;受灾的 If a person or place is stricken by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it. - crisis-stricken
危难的 - claim
① (VERB) 声称;断言 If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
② (N-COUNT) 声称;断言 A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
③ (VERB) 声称(负有责任或享有功劳) If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
④ (VERB) 索取，索要(有权拥有的东西) If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
⑤ (N-COUNT) 主张;要求 A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
⑥ (VERB) 取得，获得，赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励) If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it.
⑦ (N-COUNT) 权利;要求权 If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.
⑧ (VERB) 需要，要求(花时间或精力) If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. - wrecker
① (N-COUNT) （事故发生后拖走坏损车辆的）救援车，救险车，清障车 A wrecker is a motor vehicle which is used to pull broken or damaged vehicles to a place where they can be repaired or broken up, for example after an accident.
② (N-COUNT) 拆除废旧建筑者 Wreckers are people whose job involves destroying old, unwanted, or damaged buildings. - opposition wrecker
反对派，破坏者 - target
① (N-COUNT) 靶子;目标;对象 A target is something at which someone is aiming a weapon or other object.
② (N-COUNT) 目标;目的 A target is a result that you are trying to achieve.
③ (VERB) 攻击;批评;以…为攻击目标 To target a particular person or thing means to decide to attack or criticize them.
④ (VERB) 瞄准;面向;尽力吸引 If you target a particular group of people, you try to appeal to those people or affect them. - sabotage
① (VERB) 蓄意破坏，阴谋摧毁(机器、铁路、桥梁) If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest.
② (VERB) 阻挠,妨碍,暗中破坏(计划的实施或会议的进行) If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful. - tweet
(N-COUNT; SOUND) (小鸟的)啁啾声，啾啾声，吱喳声 A tweet is a short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
（vi）鸣叫; - official account
官方账号 - second-in-command
（尤指军队的）副司令员，副指挥员，第二把手; - electricity
(N-UNCOUNT) 电;电力 Electricity is a form of energy that can be carried by wires and is used for heating and lighting, and to provide power for machines. - blame for
因…怪罪，责怪（某人）; - imperialism
(N-UNCOUNT) 帝国主义 Imperialism is a system in which a rich and powerful country controls other countries, or a desire for control over other countries. - vow
① (VERB) 发誓;起誓;立誓 If you vow to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
② (N-COUNT) 誓言;诺言 A vow is a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
③ (N-COUNT) 誓词;誓约;宣言 Vows are a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married. - state-run
（adj）国有，公办; 国立; 国营; - restore
① (VERB) 恢复 To restore a situation or practice means to cause it to exist again.
② (VERB) 使恢复;使康复;使复原 To restore someone or something to a previous condition means to cause them to be in that condition once again.
③ (VERB) 修复(建筑、画或家具等) When someone restores something such as an old building, painting, or piece of furniture, they repair and clean it, so that it looks like it did when it was new.
④ (VERB) 归还;交还;返还 If something that was lost or stolen is restored to its owner, it is returned to them. - Amid
① (PREP) 在…过程中；在…中 If something happens amid noises or events of some kind, it happens while the other things are happening.
② (PREP) 在…中间；在…之中 If something is amid other things, it is surrounded by them. - cripple
① (N-COUNT) 瘸子;残疾人 A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple .
② (VERB) 使残疾;使成为跛子 If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.
③ (N-COUNT) (心理上或情感上)有缺陷的人 If you describe someone as an emotional cripple, you mean that they have a particular psychological or emotional problem which prevents them from living a normal life.
④ (VERB) 使(心理上或情感上)出现问题 If something cripples a person, it causes them severe psychological or emotional problems.
⑤ (VERB) 严重毁坏(机器);破坏(组织、体系) To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly. - expert
① (N-COUNT) 行家;专家 An expert is a person who is very skilled at doing something or who knows a lot about a particular subject.
② (ADJ-GRADED) 技术娴熟的;熟练的;在行的 Someone who is expert at doing something is very skilled at it.
③ (ADJ-GRADED) 行家的;内行的 If you say that someone has expert hands or an expert eye, you mean that they are very skilful or experienced in using their hands or eyes for a particular purpose.
④ (ADJ) 专业的;专家的 Expert advice or help is given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job. - mismanagemen
(N-UNCOUNT) 处置不当;管理不善 Some-one's mismanagement of a system or organization is the bad way they have dealt with it or organized it. - corruption
① (N-UNCOUNT) 腐败;贪污;受贿 Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
② (N-COUNT) (单词的)变体 In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. - maintenance
① (N-UNCOUNT) （对建筑物、道路、机器等的）定期维修，检修，保养 The maintenance of a building, vehicle, road, or machine is the process of keeping it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.
② (N-UNCOUNT) 赡养费；生活费 Maintenance is money that someone gives regularly to another person to pay for the things that the person needs.
③ (N-UNCOUNT) （状态、进程等的）维持，保持 If you ensure the maintenance of a state or process, you make sure that it continues. - upmarket
(ADJ-GRADED) （产品或服务）高端的，高档的 Upmarket products or services are expensive, of good quality, and intended to appeal to people in a high social class. - deprive
(VERB) 剥夺;使丧失;使不能享有 If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it. - frustrated
（adj）挫败的，失意的，泄气的; - channel
① (N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES) 电视台;电视频道 A channel is a television station.
② (N-COUNT) 频道;波段 A channel is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received.
③ (N-COUNT) 渠道;途径;门路 If you do something through a particular channel, or particular channels, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.
④ (VERB) 将(资金或资源)专门用于 If you channel money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wider range of things.
⑤ (VERB) 将(精力或情感)专注于;集中 If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.
⑥ (N-COUNT) 水道;沟渠 A channel is a passage along which water flows.
⑦ (N-COUNT) 航道 A channel is a route used by boats.
⑧ (N-PROPER) 英吉利海峡 The Channel or the English Channel is the narrow area of water between England and France. - journalist
(N-COUNT) 新闻记者；新闻工作者 A journalist is a person whose job is to collect news and write about it for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. - senator
(N-COUNT; N-TITLE) (美国、澳大利亚等国的)参议员 A senator is a member of a political Senate, for example in the United States or Australia. - throw one's weight behind
（非正式）（利用影响力）支持 - replace with
用…代替 - unseat
① (VERB) 把…革职；罢免 When people try to unseat a person who is in an important job or position, they try to remove him or her from that job or position.
② (VERB) 使从马上摔下 If a horse unseats its rider, it causes him or her to fall off. - proof
① (N-VAR) 证据；证物；证言 Proof is a fact, argument, or piece of evidence which shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists.
② (N-COUNT) 校样；样张；初印稿 In publishing, the proofs of a book, magazine, or article are a first copy of it that is printed so that mistakes can be corrected before more copies are printed and published.
③ (ADJ) 标准酒精度 Proof is used after a number of degrees or a percentage, when indicating the strength of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky.
④ (ADJ) 不能穿透的；耐…的；能防…的 If something or someone is proof against a particular thing, they cannot be damaged, harmed, or affected by it.
⑤ (PHRASE) 典型的例证；活生生的例子 If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.
⑥ (PHRASE) 正面例子 To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists. - strongman ruler
独裁统治者 - on the way
即将灭亡；即将过时
