outage, blackout and brownout, hiccup. A large-scale blackout is the total loss of power in an entire region. Hokkaido's 2018 blackout had a major impact on medical care and logistics. Find out the mechanisms and how it can be prevented.

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A large-scale blackout is the total loss of power in an entire region. Hokkaido's 2018 blackout had a major impact on medical care and logistics. Find out the mechanisms and how it can be prevented.

Federer cruises past Taiwan's Lu
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... Roger Federer overcame an early hiccup to book a place in the second round at Wimbledon with a 7-5 6-3 6-2 win over Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun on Monday. ...
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The Web, like any technology or medium, has always been susceptible to unforeseen hiccups. Particularly in the early days of the Web, sites like eBay and Schwab.com regularly went dark.

As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll
By BRAD STONE
As the Web has become an irreplaceable part of life, users have become less forgiving of even occasional outages.

hiccup (PROBLEM), hiccough 
noun [C]
a problem which delays or interrupts something for a while, but which does not usually cause serious difficulties:
We've had one or two slight hiccups, but progress has generally been quite steady.

black·out (blăk'out')
n.

1. A cutoff of electrical power, especially as a result of a shortage, a mechanical failure, or overuse by consumers.
2. The concealment or extinguishment of lights that might be visible to enemy aircraft during an air raid.
3. 
   
1. The sudden extinguishment of all stage lights in a theater to indicate the passage of time or to mark the end of an act or scene.
2. A short, comic vaudeville skit that ends with lights off.
4. A temporary loss of memory or consciousness.
5. 
   
1. A suppression, as of news, by censorship.
2. Restriction or prohibition of telecasting a sports event in order to ensure ticket sales.

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 燈火管制, 燈火熄滅, 暫時的意識喪失

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 灯火管制, 停電, 意識喪失, 暗転, 報道管制

outage (信號或系統)被切斷或當機，失效

今天讀wsj美國衛星收音系統失靈的報導：衛星系統似乎有很嚴重的可靠性問題。

去年2006年中共的衛星直播電視 一上太空 很快就失靈 消息封瑣。這報導也說明一般的可靠工程技術都用上了 理論上微乎其微的機會 實際都發生了。這些表示領域的 "知"與"行"之間有頗大的落差。

A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure or power loss) is the loss of the electricity supply to an area.

程度更低的為 brownout

brown·out (broun'out')
n.

A reduction or cutback in electric power, especially as a result of a shortage, a mechanical failure, or overuse by consumers.[BROWN + (BLACK)OUT.]

例：

The auction of Mirant is suffering from a brownout as buyers wait out the recent storm in the debt market, The Financial Times's dealReporter wrote.

brown out　＝DIM out.

━━ n. （灯火の）準警戒管制.

Cease-Fire, Humanitarian Cease-Fire, gross violation/ interference. Number of Trump Allies Facing Election Interference Charges Keeps Growing

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A U.S. Call for a Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza

He claimed that the way he'd been treated was a gross violation of his civil/constitutional/human rights.



EU honours Chinese dissident

Chinese dissident Hu Jia has won the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov Prize. Making the announcement in Strasbourg, European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering said this year's award acknowledged the daily struggle for freedom of all Chinese human rights defenders. Hu is a campaigner for civil rights, environmental protection and AIDS advocacy in China. In April, he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on charges of inciting subversion. China has criticised the decision to honour Hu Jia as a "gross interference" in the country's domestic affairs.

interference

noun

in·​ter·​fer·​ence ˌin-tər-ˈfir-ən(t)s  

ˌin-tə-

Synonyms of interference

1

a

: the act or process of interfering

b

: something that interferes : OBSTRUCTION

2

a

: the illegal hindering of an opponent in sports

b

: the legal blocking of an opponent in football to make way for the ballcarrier

3

a

: confusion of a received radio signal due to the presence of noise (such as atmospherics) or signals from two or more transmitters on a single frequency

b

: something that produces such confusion

4

: the mutual effect on meeting of two wave trains (as of light or sound) that constitutes alternating areas of increased and decreased amplitude (such as light and dark lines or louder and softer sound)

5

: partial or complete inhibition or sometimes facilitation of other genetic crossovers in the vicinity of a chromosomal locus where a preceding crossover has occurred

6

: the disturbing effect of new learning on the performance of previously learned behavior with which it is inconsistent

interferential 

ˌin-tər-fə-ˈren(t)-shəl 

ˌin-tə-

-ˌfir-ˈen(t)-

 adjective

gross

━━ a. 太りすぎた; 大粒［ざらざら］の; こんもり茂った; 濃い; ひどい; 粗野な, 粗悪な; 下品な; 無知な; 〔米俗〕 ＝grody; 総体の; 全体の.
━━ n. （pl. ～(・es)） グロス ((12ダース)); （the ～） 総体.
in (the) gross　卸売りで; 概して; 総体で.
━━ vt. 総収益をあげる.
gross out　〔米俗〕 嫌悪［恐怖，ショック］を与える, 怒らせる.
gross domestic product　国内総生産 ((略 GDP)).
gross・er　━━ n. 〔俗〕 （映画などの）ヒット作品.
gross income　【経済】総収入, 粗収益.
gross interest　【金融】粗利子.
gross loss　【会計】総損失.
gross・ly　━━ ad.
gross margin [profit]　総［粗］利益.
gross misconduct　重大な不当行為 ((業務上の著しい規約違反行為；窃盗や暴力行為等)).
gross national product　国民総生産 ((略 GNP)).
gross・ness　━━ n. 粗野, 下品.
gross-out　━━ n., a. 〔俗〕 ひどく気持ち悪いもの, 吐きそうなくらい嫌なもの; ＝gross.
gross profit　【会計】粗利益, 総利益.
gross receipts　総受領高.
gross sales　【会計】総売上高.
gross ton　グロストン ((＝2240lbs.)).
gross tonnage　総［純］トン数.
gross yield　【株】総収益.

violate Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle or something that should be treated with respect:
They were charged with violating federal law.
It seems that the planes deliberately violated the cease-fire agreement.
The doctor has been accused of violating professional ethics.

2 to go, especially forcefully, into a place or situation which should be treated with respect and in which you are not wanted or not expected to be:
The fishermen claimed that ships from another country had violated their territorial waters.
Questions of this kind violate my privacy and I am not willing to answer them.

3 FORMAL rape (FORCE):
She said that she had been treated so roughly by the hospital staff that she felt violated.

violation Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
He claimed that the way he'd been treated was a gross violation of his civil/constitutional/human rights.
The takeover of the embassy constitutes a flagrant/blatant violation of international law.
It was clear that they had not acted in violation of the rules.

The German government said Wednesday that the international community needed to continue pressing Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program as Tehran remained in violation of international law.

violator Show phonetics
noun [C]

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)