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slate

noun
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Idioms
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  1. [uncountable] a type of dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers板岩；石板
    • a slate quarry板岩采石场
    • The sea was the colour of slate.大海的颜色像石板。🔊🔊
  2. [countable] a small thin piece of slate, used for covering roofs（盖房顶的）石板瓦
    • A loose slate had fallen from the roof.一块松动的石板瓦从房顶上掉了下来。🔊🔊
    Topics Buildingsc2
  3. [countable] (North American English) a list of the candidates in an election（选举中的）候选人名单
    • a slate of candidates候选人名单
    • the Democratic slate民主党候选人名单
  4. [countable] a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on （旧时学生用以写字的）石板
    5. Word OriginMiddle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’, from esclater ‘to split’. Sense (2) of the verb arose from the practice of noting a name on a writing slate.
Idioms
a blank canvas/slate
  1. a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways触控式电脑；平板电脑
    • The building is a blank canvas for an clever investor to potentially make a lot of money.该建筑是一块聪明的投资者可以赚很多钱的空白画布。
    • Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself.爱丽丝在第一部电影中是一片空白，因为她记忆力减退，对自己一无所知。
a clean slate/sheet
  1. a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done无过错记录；清白的历史
    • No government operates with a completely clean slate.没有任何一个政府会以完全干净的方式运作。
wipe the slate clean
  1. to agree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship把以往过错一笔勾销；一消前愆；捐弃前嫌Topics Discussion and agreementc2

slate

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slate
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he / she / it slates
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past simple slated
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past participle slated
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-ing form slating
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  1. slate somebody/something (for something) (British English) to criticize somebody/something, especially in a newspaper（尤指在报纸上）批评，抨击
    • to slate a book/play/writer批评一部书／一出戏／一位作家
    • The critics slated his latest production.评论家们对他的最新作品进行了评选。
    • She was universally slated for her much-publicized views on marriage.她因对婚姻的广泛宣传而备受赞誉。
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
  2. [usually passive] to plan that something will happen at a particular time in the future预定；计划；安排
    • be slated for something The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。🔊🔊
    • The next conference is slated for July.下次会议定于7月举行。
    • be slated to do something The new store is slated to open in spring.新商店预计春天开业。🔊🔊
  3. [usually passive] (especially North American English, informal) to suggest or choose somebody for a job, position, etc.推举；选定
    • be slated for something I was told that I was being slated for promotion.我听说，我被定为提升的人选。🔊🔊
    • be slated to do something He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.他获选在新的音乐剧中担任主角。🔊🔊
    Topics Suggestions and advicec2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English sclate, sklate, shortening of Old French esclate, feminine synonymous with esclat ‘piece broken off’, from esclater ‘to split’. Sense (2) of the verb arose from the practice of noting a name on a writing slate.