n. 板岩，石板；（盖房顶的）石板瓦；（旧时学生用以写字的）石板；<英>（尤指对食物和饮料）赊账，挂账；笔记型电脑；候选人名单，提名名单；<美>一系列资助；（置于摄影机前的）（识别一次电影拍摄镜头细节起讫的）开拍板
v. <英>（尤指在报纸上）批评，抨击；预定，计划，安排；<美>推举，选定；用石板铺盖（某物，尤指屋顶）；用镜头起讫板识别（镜头）
adj. 石板色的，深蓝灰色的
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1.Now Tom began to scrawl something on the slate, hiding the words from the girl.
这时，汤姆开始在写字板上潦草地写着什么，用手挡住不让那姑娘看见。
2.No karmic similarities of personality or anything, just starts over like a blank slate.
没有人格上或者任何事物的因果相似，就像一块白板一样重新开始。
3.The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.
奉劝你还清所有债务，这样你就可以重新开始。
4.Mind that loose slate—Oh, it's coming down!
小心那松动了的石板——哦，它要塌下来了！
5.The area has been mined for slate for centuries.
这个地区开采板岩有数百年了。
6.Accept and believe that God has wiped the SLATE clean.
接受并相信上帝已将此一笔勾销。
7.Start with a blank SLATE, and design your perfect day.
从一块干净的黑白开始，来设计你的完美一天。
8.If they decide to invest in color-changing tile that looks like slate at first glance, because it makes them happy, then who are we to deny their choices?
如果他们决定投资第一眼看上去像是石板砖的变色瓷砖，因为这让他们高兴，那么我们凭什么去否定他们的选择呢？
9.It's as if hand-washing in any form "wipes the slate clean" and removes the residual feelings and rationalizations associated with the choice, Lee said.
李说，这就好像任何形式的洗手都能“一笔勾销”，消除与选择有关的残留感觉和合理化。