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板巖;石板
Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs.
例句
... a stone-built cottage, with a traditional slate roof.
傳統石板瓦屋頂的石屋
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(蓋房頂用的)石板瓦
A slate is one of the small flat pieces of slate that are used for covering roofs.
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候選人名單;提名名單
A slate is a list of candidates for an election, usually from the same party.
例句
The leadership want to present a single slate of candidates to be approved in an open vote.
領導層打算只提交一份供公開投票表決通過的候選人名單。
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V-PASSIVE
預定;計劃;安排
If something is slated to happen, it is planned to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion.
例句
Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture...
布羅姆菲爾德被確定為美國農業部長。
Controversial energy measures are slated for Senate debate within days.
幾項頗受爭議的能源措施定于幾天后提交參議院討論。
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VERB
嚴厲批評;猛烈抨擊
If something is slated, it is criticized very severely.
例句
Arnold Schwarzenegger's new restaurant has been slated by a top food critic...
阿諾德·施瓦辛格的新餐館受到了一位頂級食評家的惡評。
Slated by critics at the time, the film has since become a cult classic.
盡管在當時備受評論家的非議，這部影片后來卻成了一部有關異端邪教的經典之作。
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PHRASE
從頭開始;改過自新
If you start with a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start.
例句
The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.
建議你還清所有的債務，這樣你就能夠重新開始了。
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PHRASE
一筆勾銷;既往不咎
If you wipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.
例句
Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
為什么不洗心革面、從頭來過呢？