音标：[sleit]
n. 板岩, 页岩, 提名名单, 人选, 记录, 石板
a. 石板色的
vt. 铺石板, 责骂, 痛打
相关词组:
clean the slate
have a slate missing
start with a clean slate
在线英汉词典
slate的短语、例句：
slate
n
1
(a) [U] type of blue-grey rock that splits easily into thin flat layers 板岩; 石板
slate-coloured, ie blue-grey 石板色（蓝灰色）
[attrib 作定语]
a slate quarry 板岩采石场.
(b) [C] small thin piece of this, used as a roof tile 石板瓦
[attrib 作定语]
a slate roof 石板瓦屋顶. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page vi.
2 [C] small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, formerly used by schoolchildren for writing on 石板（旧时学童书写用具）.
3 [C] (US) list of candidates for nomination or election 提名的或候选人的名单
on the Democratic slate 在民主党候选人名单上.
4 (idm 习语) a clean sheet/slate => clean1. (put sth) on the `slate (infml 口) (note sth down) to be paid for later rather than when it is bought 记在帐上（以後付款）
I´ve no change, could you put these eggs on the slate? 我没零钱, 能把这些蛋钱记在帐上吗? wipe the slate clean => wipe. slate, v
1 [Tn] cover (a roof, etc) with slates 用石板瓦盖（屋顶等）.
2 (US infml 口)
(a) [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) propose sb (for an office, appointment, etc) 推举某人（任某职位等）; 提名
slated for the Presidency 被提名作总统候选人.
(b) [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sth (for...) plan that sth will happen at a specified time 预定; 定於; 安排在
a meeting slated for Thursday/to take place on Thursday 定於星期四举行的会议.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (for sth) (Brit infml 口) criticize sb/sth severely, eg in a newspaper review 严厉批评某人[某事物]（如在报纸评论中）
slate a play, book, writer 猛烈抨击一话剧、 书、 作者
The idea got slated by the committee. 这种意见遭到委员会严厉批评.
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