The reason was that over the short distances spanned by early power grids, AC transmission suffers lower losses than DC. It thus became the industry standard.
选择交流电作为工业标准的原因很简单，在早期供电距离很短的电网里，交流电的损耗比直流电小。
Energy losses on DC lines are far lower than on the traditional AC ones, which make transmission of energy over long distances uneconomic.
由于在传输过程中采用高压直流电缆输送的损耗要比传统交流电的损耗小得多，因此采用交流电远距离传送电力很不划算。
Some people, however, question that standard because over long distances high-voltage DC lines suffer lower losses than AC.
现在有人开始质疑这一标准的适用性，因为在远距离输电的情况下，采用高压直流(HVDC)要比高压交流损耗小。
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