The reliability of grounding net directly affects the safe operation of the power grid, and is one of the factors causing large area power cutting.

电力接地网的可靠性直接关系到电网的安全运行，是造成大面积停电的事故原因之一。

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Winds have knocked down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of people.

风刮断了电线，中断了数千人的电力供应。

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You have the image of the cutting off, the castration, of the power of generativity. All poetic potency, all power to assert oneself in the world, can be severed and that's it.

有阉割，切除繁殖能力的，的形象，诗人的所有能力，所有能居于世上的力量都可以被剥夺，就是这样。

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The impacts were severe, cutting power, disrupting communication services, destroying buildings and roads, and damaging agricultural area.

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It makes it nearly impossible for energy heavy companies to reduce electric power costs, cutting into margins and affecting growth.

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This would create a fluid that, although a gas, would have a similar density and cutting power to that of water.

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