electricity

In the 19 th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity.

在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电.

They will wire the new house for electricity.

他们将给新房屋安装电线.

That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch .

那是在过去，还没有到开关一响就有电的时代。

There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity.

大坝若是建成，会有一些明显的受益者：农民将得到灌溉用水，企业将得到电力。

At night these streets are brilliant with a pearly radiance of electricity.

夜里,珍珠般的电灯把这些街道照得一片辉煌.

High electricity bills point to a poor heating system or bad insulation.

高额电费开支说明供暖系统不足或建筑隔热材料不良。

If we charge it with electricity, it will become magnetic.

如果充上电, 它就会带有磁性.

They have a generator when the electricity fails.

他们有一台发电机，以备停电时所需。

The town is without electricity and the water supply has been cut off.

镇上已停水断电。

Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.

蒸汽和水力可用来发电.

Copper has less resistance to electricity than lead.

铜比铅的电阻要小.

Computers account for 5% of the country'scommercial electricity consumption.

计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。

Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.

一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。

The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity.

发电机出了故障，所以停电了。

Wood is a poor conductor of heat and electricity.

木头是热和电的不良导体.

The machinery is driven by electricity.

这些机器由电驱动.

Electrons are negatively charged with electricity.

电子带负电荷.

The strike had already led to cuts in electricity and water supplies in many areas.

罢工已经导致很多地区停电、停水。

Local electricity companies say some homes won't be reconnected until the end of the week.

当地电力公司称一些住户要到周末才能恢复供电。

Some barbecues can be plugged into a household electricity supply.

有一些烧烤炉能直接插到家用电源上。

He cannot fix the electricity.

他不会修电路。

The power station furnished us with electricity.

发电站给我们供电.

The vast majority live in tin shacks without electricity, clean water or sanitary facilities.

大多数人生活在简陋的铁皮屋子里，没有电，没有干净的水，也没有卫生设施。

Further information is available from your local electricity showroom.

想要获得更多信息可以咨询当地的电器展销厅。

Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.

没有电, 有煤油灯.

Electricity workers have voted for industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim.

电工们已经投票决定采取劳工行动以增加工资。