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

• In the United slates, public schools are tax-supported and free.
  在美国，公立学校靠税收支持，是免费的。
• Put the slates on the roof so that they lap over.
  将石板瓦盖在房顶上，使其互搭着。
• 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 road is well shaded by trees orderly standing on both sides, and on the decorative stone slates along the road you can find many love poems in English and Chinese.
  路面被两旁高大的乔木树荫遮盖，路边有很多装饰性的石头上面用中英文刻着美丽的情诗。
• Some commentators still think that consumers will tire of expensive slates with cameras they cannot use, poor connectivity and apps that often deliver less content than related websites.
  一些评论人士迄今仍认为，消费者肯定会厌烦这种昂贵、配备没用的摄像头、连接性差、应用软件往往把你带到相关网站而非直接提供内容的平板电脑。
• Roofing material, tiles, slates, felt, etc building material used as siding or roofing.
  盖屋顶用的材料、瓦、石板、油毡等。
• Alice could see this, as she was near enough to look over their slates;
  爱丽丝离陪审员们很近，它们在纸板上记的字她都看得一清二楚。
• The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof.
  合同规定屋顶用红瓦，并非石板瓦。
• 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。