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Slate Slated Start Clean Covering Roofs N Count Candidates

单词 slate
音标
英[sleɪt] 美[slet]
解释
n.石板;板岩,页岩;行为记录;石板色,深蓝灰色;vt.用石板瓦盖,用板岩覆盖(例如屋顶);把…加到竞选者的名单上;安排或指定;adj.石板的;石板色的,深蓝灰色的;
例句

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.
例:... 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.
例: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.
例: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。
例: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.
例: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。
例: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.
例: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.
例:Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢?
变形
third:slates~done:slated~pl:slates~ing:slating~past:slated~

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