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单词 electricity
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An August cut in power subsidies raised electricity bills by the same percentage.The hotel has been mothballed after its electricity was cut off in October.Hopefully, the bill for that will be going to the electricity company and not to your house.In summer, solar panels elsewhere on the site will provide the electricity needed to freeze the rooms.Nuclear power provides nearly 80 per cent of the country's electricity.There are no telephones and the electricity has been cut off.These firms get compo money when they provide electricity but the national grid is full.They transmit gas and electricity readings to energy companies half hourly.To hit those targets you cannot just do it by driving carbon out of electricity generation.Whole suburbs are plunged into darkness because there is not enough electricity generation capacity.They had also learned to expect an equally regular growth in demand for the electricity they produced.The electricity had been cut off and there was barely room for the narrow single bed.Electricity is now provided free through cables strung along the roads.The lights were fitted six months ago to save energy and cut electricity bills.The roof leaked and there was no electricity or heating.This winter will see us with almost no spare electricity generation capacity.Some can produce enough electricity to send back to the grid.Domestic demand for electricity is about as high as it gets.Once inside he would remove light bulbs and cut telephone and electricity lines.Ministers are looking at how to ease the burden of higher electricity prices on energy intensive industry.He lives in a cave with no electricity or heating.That fighting has left much of Sanaa without power due to electricity lines being damaged.The current price for electricity is about 50 per megawatt hour. Power unit The electricity powers a drive unit under the bonnet.After dreaming of being an astronaut, he has spent his career in electricity and nuclear power.The plan means offshore wind farms are guaranteed to receive three times the current wholesale electricity price, while the biomass projects get double.Third, it is envisaged that all the appliances will talk to the electricity company by sending data over the home wiring and power lines.Given the current wholesale electricity price is 48, that is one hell of a subsidy.

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electricity

British English: electricity /ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ; ˌiːlɛk-/ NOUN
Electricity is a form of energy used for heating and lighting, and to provide power for machines.
We moved into a house with electricity but no running water.
  • American English: electricity
  • Arabic: كَهْرَبَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: eletricidade
  • Chinese: 电力
  • Croatian: struja
  • Czech: elektřina
  • Danish: elektricitet
  • Dutch: elektriciteit
  • European Spanish: electricidad
  • Finnish: sähkö
  • French: électricité
  • German: Elektrizität
  • Greek: ηλεκτρισμός
  • Italian: elettricità
  • Japanese: 電気
  • Korean: 전기
  • Norwegian: elektrisitet
  • Polish: elektryczność
  • European Portuguese: eletricidade
  • Romanian: electricitate
  • Russian: электричество
  • Latin American Spanish: electricidad
  • Swedish: elektricitet
  • Thai: ไฟฟ้า
  • Turkish: elektrik
  • Ukrainian: електрика
  • Vietnamese: điện

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Chinese translation of 'electricity'

electricity

(ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ)

n (u)

  1. (= energy) 电(電) (diàn)
  2. (= supply) 供电(電) (gōngdiàn)

cpd

  1. [company] 电(電)力 (diànlì)
  2. [bill, meter] 电(電) (diàn)
(noun) 
Definition
the supply of electricity to houses, factories, etc., for heating, lighting, etc.
The electricity had been cut off.
Synonyms
power
He had no power in his left arm.
mains
current
energy
Oil shortages have brought an energy crisis.
power supply
electric power

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in the sense of energy
Definition
a source of power, such as electricity
Oil shortages have brought an energy crisis.
Synonyms
power

Synonyms of 'electricity'

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