slates的中文翻译是什么意思

N-UNCOUNT板岩;石板

Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs.

• ... a stone-built cottage, with a traditional slate roof.

  传统石板瓦屋顶的石屋

N-COUNT(盖房顶用的)石板瓦

A slate is one of the small flat pieces of slate that are used for covering roofs.

N-COUNT候选人名单;提名名单

A slate is a list of candidates for an election, usually from the same party.

• The leadership want to present a single slate of candidates to be approved in an open vote.

  领导层打算只提交一份供公开投票表决通过的候选人名单。

V-PASSIVE预定;计划;安排

If something is slated to happen, it is planned to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion.

• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture...

  布罗姆菲尔德被确定为美国农业部长。

• Controversial energy measures are slated for Senate debate within days.

  几项颇受争议的能源措施定于几天后提交参议院讨论。

VERB严厉批评;猛烈抨击

If something is slated, it is criticized very severely.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger's new restaurant has been slated by a top food critic...

  阿诺德·施瓦辛格的新餐馆受到了一位顶级食评家的恶评。

• Slated by critics at the time, the film has since become a cult classic.

  尽管在当时备受评论家的非议，这部影片后来却成了一部有关异端邪教的经典之作。

PHRASE从头开始;改过自新

If you start with a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start.

• The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.

  建议你还清所有的债务，这样你就能够重新开始了。

PHRASE一笔勾销;既往不咎

If you wipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.

• Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?

  为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢？