停電
解説 Definition
outages は、電気や通信などのサービスが一時的に使えなくなる状態を指す複数形の名詞です。日本語の「停電」に対応する場合は、power outages のように電力の停止についてよく使われます。
Periods or instances when electricity, internet access, telecommunications, or another service is temporarily unavailable. The plural may refer to several separate interruptions or to service failures affecting multiple places.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
outage「電気・通信などの供給停止」の規則的な複数形で、-s は /ɪz/ と発音します。一件なら an outage、複数地域や複数回なら outages です。power outages「停電」、internet outages「通信障害」、cause outages「停止を引き起こす」をセットで覚え、単に外出することを表す outings と混同しないようにしましょう。
Outages is the regular plural of outage, with the ending pronounced /ɪz/ because outage already ends in a sibilant sound. Think of a service being “out,” or unavailable, for a period: a power outage stops electricity, while an internet outage interrupts online access. One interruption is an outage; repeated events or failures across several areas are outages. Learn the common combinations power outages, internet outages, widespread outages, and cause outages. Keep it separate from outings, which means short trips made for pleasure, education, or another purpose.
例文
The storm caused power outages across the city.
その嵐で市内各地に停電が起きました。
Some areas still have outages after the heavy rain.
大雨の後、まだ停電している地域があります。
The company apologized for the internet outages.
その会社はインターネットの障害について謝罪しました。
outages の類義語・関連語
outages の語源・成り立ち Etymology
out「外へ・切れて」から英語内で作られた outage の複数形で、-age は状態や結果を表す接尾辞。供給や接続が通常の流れから「外れた状態」を表すため、停電や通信停止の意味になった。関連語は output, outflow。
Outages is the plural of outage. Outage was formed in English from out with the noun-forming suffix -age, which can indicate a state or result. It originally referred to a quantity or period in which something was out of use and later became established for interruptions in electrical power and other services. The modern plural simply adds -s and covers multiple interruptions, occasions, or affected locations.
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