A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.

电路上任一处断路，都会使这一带的电灯熄灭。

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May it be a light for you in dark places when all other lights go out.

愿它在所有光亮熄灭时，在黑暗中为你照亮光明。

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As a result, demand must match supply absolutely perfectly at every given moment or else the lights may go out.

ECONOMIST: Why do the lights keep going out?

Although we've had warnings for almost two decades that if we don't start investing in new plants we risk seeing the lights go out, this time Peter may well have seen the wolf.

BBC: Why Treasury may reject nuclear option

Bangladesh's energy reserves may be large, but its gas and power networks are old and decrepit, and the lights regularly go out in Dhaka.

ECONOMIST: Bangladesh