black out

To lose consciousness or memory temporarily

抑制，抹去：抑制（事實或記憶等），使之不在意識中出現

blacked out at the podium.

在指揮臺上暈倒

blacked out many of my wartime experiences.

忘掉我在戰爭期間的許多經歷

To prohibit the dissemination of, especially by censorship

封鎖：尤指通過審查禁止傳播

blacked out the news issuing from the rebel provinces.

封鎖亂叛省份發出的新聞

To extinguish or conceal all lights that might help enemy aircraft find a target during an air raid.

對…實行燈火管制：在空襲中熄滅所有可能幫助敵機尋找目標的燈火

To extinguish all the lights on (a stage).

熄燈：（在舞臺上）熄滅全部燈光

To cause a failure of electrical power in

停電：導致失去電力

Storm damage blacked out much of the region.

暴風雨的襲擊使這個地區大范圍斷電

To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area

停止轉播：不在電視上轉播（事件或節目）

blacked out the football game on local stations.

地方臺停止播放橄欖球賽

will black out the entire state to increase ticket sales for the game.

全國都不會電視轉播這場比賽以增加票的銷路

black someone's eye

hit someone in the eye so as to cause bruising

把某人眼眶打得青腫

in someone's black books

(informal)in disfavour with someone

(非正式)不受某人喜歡

look on the black side

(informal)view a situation from a pessimistic angle

(非正式)看陰暗面，悲觀

men in black

(informal)anonymous dark-clothed men who supposedly visit people who have reported an encounter with a UFO or an alien in order to prevent them publicizing it

(非正式)黑衣人（據認為造訪曾報告邂逅不明飛行物或外星人者的匿名黑衣人，目的在阻止其向公眾透露消息）

not as black as one is painted

(informal)not as bad as one is said to be

(非正式)不像別人說的那么壞

black something out

(一般作 be blacked out)extinguish all lights or completely cover windows, especially for protection against an air attack or in order to provide darkness in which to show a film

（尤指為躲避空襲或放映電影）熄滅所有燈光；完全遮住窗戶

obscure something completely so that it cannot be read or seen

使模糊不清

the number plate had been blacked out with masking tape.

這輛車的牌照被遮蔽膠帶蒙住了。

in the black

On the credit side of a ledger; prosperous.

富裕的：在總帳目中有存款的一方的；富裕的