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单词 slate
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slate

noun
/sleɪt/
/sleɪt/
Idioms
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  1. [uncountable] a type of dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers
    • a slate quarry
    • The sea was the colour of slate.
  2. [countable] a small thin piece of slate, used for covering roofs
    • A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
    Topics Buildingsc2
  3. [countable] (North American English) a list of the candidates in an election
    • a slate of candidates
    • the Democratic slate
  4. [countable] a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on
    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
    • The building is a blank canvas for an clever investor to potentially make a lot of money.
    • Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself.
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
    • No government operates with a completely clean slate.
wipe the slate clean
  1. to agree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationshipTopics Discussion and agreementc2

slate

verb
/sleɪt/
/sleɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slate
/sleɪt/
/sleɪt/
he / she / it slates
/sleɪts/
/sleɪts/
past simple slated
/ˈsleɪtɪd/
/ˈsleɪtɪd/
past participle slated
/ˈsleɪtɪd/
/ˈsleɪtɪd/
-ing form slating
/ˈsleɪtɪŋ/
/ˈsleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. slate somebody/something (for something) (British English) to criticize somebody/something, especially in a newspaper
    • to slate a book/play/writer
    • The critics slated his latest production.
    • She was universally slated for her much-publicized views on marriage.
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
  2. [usually passive] to plan that something will happen at a particular time in the future
    • be slated for something The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.
    • The next conference is slated for July.
    • be slated to do something The new store is slated to open in spring.
  3. [usually passive] (especially North American English, informal) to suggest or choose somebody for a job, position, etc.
    • be slated for something I was told that I was being slated for promotion.
    • be slated to do something He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.
    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.
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