slates的中文翻譯是什麼意思

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.

  傳統石板瓦屋頂的石屋

N-COUNT(蓋房頂用的)石板瓦

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

N-COUNT候選人名單;提名名單

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.

  領導層打算只提交一份供公開投票表決透過的候選人名單。

V-PASSIVE預定;計劃;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...

  布羅姆菲爾德被確定為美國農業部長。

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

  幾項頗受爭議的能源措施定於幾天後提交參議院討論。

VERB嚴厲批評;猛烈抨擊

If something is slated, it is criticized very severely.

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

  阿諾德·施瓦辛格的新餐館受到了一位頂級食評家的惡評。

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

  儘管在當時備受評論家的非議，這部影片後來卻成了一部有關異端邪教的經典之作。

PHRASE從頭開始;改過自新

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.

  建議你還清所有的債務，這樣你就能夠重新開始了。

PHRASE一筆勾銷;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?

  為什麼不洗心革面、從頭來過呢？