“停水了”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？那“停電”呢？

停電/水

blackout

power outage /'a?t?d?/

water suspension /s?'spen?(?)n/

water stoppage /'st?p?d?/

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Traditionally in English (British and American), an electricity blackout is also a power cut, which is also a power outage. A blackout often carries the sense of accidental non-supply more than an outage does.

傳統(tǒng)上，在英語(yǔ)(英式和美式)中，electricity blackout(斷電)也叫power cut，也是power outage.。與outage相比，blackout通常會(huì)帶點(diǎn)兒意外斷電的感覺(jué)。

Water non-supply is traditionally water suspension (intentional) or a water stoppage (accidental). There’s no particular reason for it — it’s just conventional usage. Of course, no one speaks of a water blackout (because water doesn’t ‘light’ or ‘lit’).

水不供了應(yīng)通常是water suspension(故意的)或water stoppage(意外的)。這并沒(méi)有什么特別的原因，只是習(xí)慣用法。當(dāng)然，沒(méi)有人會(huì)說(shuō)water blackout(因?yàn)樗粫?huì)亮或不亮)。

除了上邊這幾個(gè)說(shuō)法，

還有幾個(gè)很簡(jiǎn)單日常的說(shuō)法

electricity go down

power cut

power out

water be (shut/cut) off

without power/water

例：

While I was making dinner, the electricity suddenly went down, I immediately checked my neighbors to see if their power was out, too, or if only my location was affected. And a few minutes later, the power was restored.

當(dāng)我正在做晚飯的時(shí)候，突然停電了，我立即去看了看我的鄰居，看看他們是否也停電了，或者是否只有我的位置受到了影響。幾分鐘后，電力恢復(fù)了。

People have daily power cuts, daily water cuts.

民眾每天都會(huì)遇到停電和停水的情況。

The water's gonna be shut off for the day.

這兩天會(huì)停水。

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Ref：www.quora.com/Is-it-correct-to-say-%E2%80%9CThere-has-been-an-electricity-blackout-and-water-supply-outage-all-day%E2%80%9D-in-English