slates

英 [sleɪts]

美 [sleɪts]

n.  板岩; 石板; (盖房顶的)石板瓦; (选举中的)候选人名单
v.  (尤指在报纸上)批评，抨击; 预定; 计划; 安排; 推举; 选定
slate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 板岩;石板
  Slateis a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs.
  1. ... a stone-built cottage, with a traditional slate roof.
     传统石板瓦屋顶的石屋
• (盖房顶用的)石板瓦
  Aslateis 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
  Aslateis a list of candidates for an election, usually from the same party.
  1. 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 somethingis slated tohappen, it is planned to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 somethingis slated, it is criticized very severely.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 startwith a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start.
  1. 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 youwipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.
  1. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
     为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢？

双语例句

• The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof.
  合同规定屋顶用红瓦，并非石板瓦。
• On the whole, CGP C catalyst exhibited excellent product slates and good tolerance to metals contamination.
  CGP-C催化剂具有很好的产品选择性和抗金属污染性能。
• She's having her house roofed with slates.
  她正在请人给她的房子盖上石板瓦屋顶。
• The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates.
  十二位陪审员全都在纸板上忙着写什么。
• The other boys thought this awfully interesting, and insisted on joining, and they made slates for themselves, and sat round the table, writing and thinking hard about the questions she had written on another slate and passed round.
  别的孩子觉得这有趣极了，硬是要参加考试。他们自备了石板，围坐在桌旁。温迪用另一块石板写下问题，给他们传看。他们看了问题，都用心想，用心写。
• The host rocks of Zhaishang Au deposit are mainly argillic, calc and carbonaceous slates and silty sandstone.
  寨上金矿区赋矿岩石主要为泥质、钙质、碳质板岩、粉砂岩等。
• 'Write that down,'the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.
  “记下来。”国王对陪审员说，陪审员急忙在纸板上写下了这三个日期，然后把它们加起来，再把半数折算成先令和便士。
• The wind whipped several slates off ( the roof).
  那阵风（从屋顶上）刮下几块瓦来。
• ` A nice muddle their slates'll be in before the trial's over! 'Microsoft package, basic English, communicative, understanding of technical drawings.
  不到审判结束，他们的纸板准会写得一塌糊涂熟悉电脑、基础英语、健谈、懂技术图纸、会自动画图。
• All these results can be used to analyze the deformation of the slates later.
  这些对今后分析板岩的变形具有较好的指导意义。