美国有线新闻 CNN 巴基斯坦全国大规模停电

Which of these countries has the largest population? Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil or Russia. Though it's far from the largest country on this list, Pakistan has the largest population with more than 233 million people.

以下哪个国家的人口最多？巴基斯坦、尼日利亚、巴西还是俄罗斯？虽然巴基斯坦不是上述名单中最大的国家，但该国拥有最多的人口，超过2.33亿人。

And unless they had back up power generators¹, they're lights went out on Saturday night. Blackouts aren't unusual in Pakistan but what the nation saw over the weekend was its most widespread² power shutdown since 2015.

除非有备用发电机，否则巴基斯坦会在周六晚上停电。停电在巴基斯坦并不罕见，但这个国家上周末遭遇 了自2015年以来最大规模的停电。

An engineering³ problem at one plant in southern Pakistan reportedly caused the nation's other ones to shut down. Because electricity can be unreliable here, all of the nation's major airports as well as many of its hospitals and some of its homes do have back-up generators.

据报道，巴基斯坦南部一家工厂的工程问题导致该国其他工厂断电。由于电力不可靠，该国所有主要机场、医院和部分房屋都配备了备用发电机。

Though residents⁴ say there was some very long lines at gas stations where people waited to get fuel for those generators. By dawn on Sunday morning, Pakistan's energy minister said power had come back on for major parts of the capital city of Islamabad. But there were still large parts of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, where power was still out early Sunday.

不过当地居民表示，加油站排起了长队，人们在那里等着给发电机加油。周日凌晨，巴基斯坦能源部长表示，首都伊斯兰堡大部分地区已恢复供电。但巴基斯坦最大城市卡拉奇仍有很大一部分地区在周日凌晨仍处以断电状态。

1 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 widespread   

adj.广布的，普及的，流传宽广的

参考例句：

• Plastic is in widespread use.塑料已被广泛地使用。
• English is a widespread language.英语是一种很普及的语言。

3 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

4 residents   

n.居民( resident的名词复数 )；（旅馆的）住宿者

参考例句：

• Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
• Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。