Cascading failure is a series of successive failures caused by one failure, which may result in large-scale blackout and unexpected trips of many critical components.

电力网络连锁故障是由某一个故障引发的一系列故障过程，其后果是造成大规模的停电事故和许多关键元件的开断。

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There began an interminable series of slow, traffic-snarled bus trips, a waste of hours and hours, during which there was nothing to do but run each successive failure through my head.

接着是坐一程又一程的蜗牛一般的、鸣着喇叭的公车，一个小时一个小时的浪费掉了，在此期间，除了在脑袋里细数我的失败，我无事可做。

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Successive bouts of heart failure are apt to become more refractory to treatment.

连续发作的心力衰竭可能变得难于治疗。

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Wicketkeeper Matt Prior suffered his second successive failure of the tour in the next over when he was given out lbw to seamer Rajesh Verma, from a delivery which kept low.

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