electricity
Most towns are supplied with electricity.
大多数城镇有电力供应。
That is why electricity finds such a wide application in industry.
那就是为什么电在工业上得到这样广泛应用的原因。
Nowadays, houses are mostly lit by electricity.
现在房屋大多用电照明。
The electricity failure paralyzed the water supply.
停电使水供应陷于瘫痪。
His hut was unblessed, unblest with electricity.
他简陋的小屋没有电力供应。
Don't leave the lights on it wastes electricity.
走时要随手关灯--以免浪费电。
Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity.
你(如果)不付款，他们就要断电。
The electricity failure paralysed the water supply.
停电使水供应陷于瘫痪。
The house is not wired for electricity yet.
这所房子还没有铺设好电线。
We can harness the power of the wind to make electricity.
我们可以利用风力发电。
We were without electricity for three hours but it's on again now.
我们的电停了三小时，现在又有了。
The old gas lighting has been replaced by electricity.
旧式煤气灯照明已经为电所取代了。
Demand for electricity peaks in the early evening.
用电量最大的时候是在黄昏时。
Electricity is flowing (in the circuit/wires).
电在(电路[导线]中)流动。
This machine goes by electricity.
这机器是电动的。
Connect the fridge (up) to the electricity supply.
接通冰箱的电源。
Copper conducts electricity better than iron does.
铜的导电性比铁强。
But for electricity, there will be no modern industry.
要是没有电，便没有现代化工业。
Our company is the biggest user of electricity in this area.
我们公司是这个地区最大的用电户。
We can't move in until the electricity has been laid on.
我们得等电源接通后才能搬进去。
While I was cooking supper the electricity went off.
我正在做晚饭时停电了。
The electricity supply has been cut off/disconnected at the mains.
电力供应已在电源处截断。
At least we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.
停电时我们至少可以使用蜡烛。
The interruption of electricity made us unable to do anything.
电力的中断让我们什么也不能做。
Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity.
闪电是由云层放电产生的。
Our electricity bills are higher than we can afford we must start to economize.
我们的电费已经高得付不起了--得节省些了。
Copper conducts electricity better than other materials.
铜比其他材料导电性能好。
Copper conducts electricity better than other materials do.
铜的导电性能比其他材料好。
Conductors let electricity through, but insulators don't let through.
导体让电流通过，而绝缘体则不让通过。
After the failure of the electricity supplies the city was in chaos.
电力供应中断，城市陷于混乱之中。
As a means of cooking and heating, electricity is very convenient, but where price is concerned, gas has it.
作为烧饭和取暖的一种手段，电是很方便的，但在考虑费用的场所，煤气要优于电。
The Electricity Board have been dallying with, the idea of building a power station down here.
对于在这儿建立一个电站的问题，电气学会并没认真考虑。
The only way I can settle the gas bill is to rob Peter to pay Paul and use the money I've put by for the electricity.
我能用来对付煤气费帐单的唯一办法是先拿出准备付电缆的钱来垫一下。
Tell the boy to switch off all lights as he leaves the room, to save electricity.
告诉孩子在离开房间时关掉所有的灯，以节约用电。
But in despite of these problems, nuclear power provided about13 percent of America's electricity in1984.
尽管有这些问题，但是核动力在1984年供给的电约占美国用电总量的13％。
My grandmother thought the toy car worked by magic, but in fact it worked by electricity.
我祖母以为那个玩具汽车是魔力驱动的，可事实上它是电动的。
Since electricity is a kind of energy, it can be changed into other forms of energy.
既然电是一种能，它就可以转变成其他形式的能。
Not many shop windows were lit up last Christmas because of the Government restrictions on the use of electricity.
由于政府限制用电，去年圣诞节几乎没有几家商店的窗户亮着灯。
You should have had enough sense to turn off the electricity supply before disconnecting the wires.
你本来应该有足够的常识，在拆开电线之前先把电源切断。
It is said that the first London theatre to be lit with electricity was the Savoy, in1870.
据说伦敦用电照明的首家剧院是萨沃剧院，时间是1870年。
Most people know electricity standing still is no more useful than is a stationary belt between a steam engine and a machine to be driven.
大多数人认为，停滞不动的电并不比架设在蒸汽机和要被传动的机器之间的固定带更有用。
A device that operates by power(often electricity) and performs some reasonably complex operation( "an accounting machine"; "photocopiers and other office machines" ).
用动力(通常是电)推动运行的一种设备，它能完成某些相当复杂的工作(例如会计机、复印机和其它办公机器)。
Normally, men who are not wearing a tie are not admitted to the club, but as you've only come to read the electricity meter that's a horse of a different colour.
一般而言，不戴领带的男子是不让进俱乐部的，不过因为你只是来抄电表的，那就完全是另一回事了。
The difference in the electrical condition of the terminals "+" and "-" of the dry cell which tends to make electricity flow we describe as a difference of electrical potential.
电(子)之所以流动，是因为干电池上正负两端上的电的状况有差别所致，对于这种差别，我们称之为“电位差”。
Is your central heating gas or electricity?
你们的集中供热设备是煤气的还是用电的?
Physicists are studying new ways of generating electricity with less damage to the environment. In the meantime, many power plants are being modernized to give off less polluting material.
物理学家们正在研究对环境危害少的发电新方法，与此同时，许多发电厂也在实现现代化以减少污染物质的释放量。
Producing electricity by chemical action.
电流的，伏打(式)的通过化学反应产生的电流的
Can you imagine what it would be like to live without electricity?
你能想像出生活中没有电会是一幅什麽样的情景吗?
Generating electricity by conversion of the energy of running water.
水力发电的通过转变奔腾的水的能量产生电
A commodity or service, such as electricity, water, or public transportation, that is provided by a public utility.
公用事业由公用事业公司提供的商品或服务，如电力，水和公共交通