laser2302

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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2008-09-14 / 05:25PM

Hi Benny, what does 非特例 means in the first line of the following paragraph:

  湖南的拉闸限电现象并非特例,国家电网公司总工程师赵遵廉向记者介绍,今年夏季以来,福建、浙江等省的拉闸限电工作一直没有断过。进入冬季,由于煤炭供应、天气等其他原因,山西、四川、贵州、上海、河北、广东等省市频亮缺电红灯,电荒再袭华东、华中、华南和西南等地区。

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-09-14 / 05:30PM

Please also tell me what does 拉闸限电 means?

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frank

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 frank hotmail.com 
2008-09-14 / 07:35PM

I think it means “not an exception or not a special case”

I don’t understand the second one

Frank

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-09-15 / 10:54AM

Could it also mean, this phenomena is not new or this is not a new example, because 例 is short for 例子, I guess, which means example.

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-09-15 / 07:36PM

Hi Lee, Frank is right, “非特例” means “not a special case”. And “拉闸限电” means "cut the power and restrict the electricity usage

Benny



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