load-shedding
减载,减负,减轻负荷,减轻负担
Definitions
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- : the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
Examples
Many young people are still shedding the ignorance of our parents.
He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
Watching him now being accused of illegal operations will not see them shedding any tears.
“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
Today, the quaint spectacle of a stage-managed fairy-tale celebration strikes many of us as a load of garbage.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.
He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.
Thus a straw rope enclosing twenty or more eggs, well protected, was made and thrown over the top of the load.
A most comical sight was the cook, perched on top of his load of pans, pots, and potatoes.