slate

noun

1. 板岩；石板
   a type of dark grey stone that splits easily into thin flat layers
   1. a slate quarry
      板岩采石场
   2. The sea was the colour of slate.
      大海的颜色像石板。
2. （盖房顶的）石板瓦
   a small thin piece of slate , used for covering roofs
   1. A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
      一块松动的石板瓦从房顶上掉了下来。
3. （选举中的）候选人名单
   a list of the candidates in an election
   1. a slate of candidates
      候选人名单
   2. the Democratic slate
      民主党候选人名单
4. （旧时学生用以写字的）石板
   a small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, used in the past in schools for children to write on

verb

1. （尤指在报纸上）批评，抨击
   to criticize sb/sth, especially in a newspaper
   1. to slate a book/play/writer
      批评一部书 / 一出戏 / 一位作家
2. 预定；计划；安排
   to plan that sth will happen at a particular time in the future
   1. The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.
      这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。
   2. The new store is slated to open in spring.
      新商店预计春天开业。
3. 推举；选定
   to suggest or choose sb for a job, position, etc.
   1. I was told that I was being slated for promotion.
      我听说，我被定为提升的人选。
   2. He is slated to play the lead in the new musical.
      他获选在新的音乐剧中担任主角。

1. N-UNCOUNT 板岩;石板
   Slate is 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
2. (盖房顶用的)石板瓦
   A slate is one of the small flat pieces of slate that are used for covering roofs.
3. N-COUNT 候选人名单;提名名单
   A slate is 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。
4. V-PASSIVE 预定;计划;安排
   If something is slated to happen, 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。
5. VERB 严厉批评;猛烈抨击
   If something is 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。
6. PHRASE 从头开始;改过自新
   If you start with 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。
7. PHRASE 一笔勾销;既往不咎
   If you wipe 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？

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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
   为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢？
8. You'll feel much better when your slate is clean again.
   当阴郁消散，你将觉得好多了。
9. Apple also unveiled a slate of new computers.
   苹果还推出了一系列新的电脑。
10. So then I give them a new slate number.
    我就给他们一个新黑板号码。
11. We're able to provide granite, marble, slate, sandstone, quartzite, li.
    我们能够提供花岗岩，大理石，板岩，砂岩，石英岩，李。
12. You have a clean slate* until college.
    你在大学之前还有一段清白的历史。
13. That was years ago, I thought we wiped the slate clean.
    那是多年以前，我认为我们把石板擦干净。
14. A crowded slate of export, inflation and manufacturing data from emerging Asia on Wednesday confirmed two things.
    亚洲新兴国家周三发布的大量出口、通胀和制造业数据证实了两件事。
15. The falling slate sliced into his arm.
    落下来的一块石片划破了他的手臂。
16. A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
    一种新关系为你提供了捐弃前嫌的机会。
17. No slate can acquiesce to such breaches of order.
    没一个国家会对此种破坏秩序的行为表示默认的。
18. What kind of job uses stained wood and slate?
    什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？
19. Mushroom stone and slate could be both used.
    此种装修，“蘑菇石”和“板岩”都能派上用场。
20. Two greyish shapes steered there, like long, rounded pieces of wood or slate. They were fish.
    两个灰色的像两个又长又圆的木头或石板一样的影子又向那里游来，它们是鱼。
21. The new moon in your house of home and family offers you both new beginnings and the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
    在你家与家人宫位出现的新月带给你新的开始和与往事一笔勾销的机会。
22. Flews and gums are black or slate gray.
    上唇和牙龈为黑色或暗蓝灰色。
23. And eventually, other roofing materials like stone, slate, and clay tiles came into use.
    而且渐渐的，其他的屋顶材料比如石头，石板，泥瓦投入使用。
24. They are color bars, slate, countdown clock, black and silence.
    它们是彩条，剪辑板，倒计时和黑场。
25. Its slate roof differentiates this house from others in the area.
    这幢房子的石板瓦屋顶使它有别于此地区其他的房子。
26. The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
    从一个表面粗糙的采石场提取建筑用的石头或石板。
27. The contract specify red tiles, not slate, for the roof.
    合同中规定屋顶要用红瓦而不用石板瓦。
28. I thought we had wiped the slate clean.
    我以为我们已经把地板擦干净了。
29. This is a slate that we're using in the movie.
    这是我们在电影里用的黑板。
30. Of the color of slate or granite.
    指板岩或者花岗岩的颜色。

n.

a clean sheet/slate

• 无过错记录；清白的历史
  a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done
  1. No government operates with a completely clean sheet.
     没有任何政府执政一点也不失误。
  2. They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them) .
     他们在比赛中保持了未失一分的纪录。

wipe the slate clean

• 把以往过错一笔勾销；一消前愆；捐弃前嫌
  to agree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship

noun

1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

2. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

   Synonym:    ticket

3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

4. thin layers of rock used for roofing

   Synonym:    slating

verb

1. designate or schedule
   1. He slated his talk for 9 AM
   2. She was slated to be his successor

2. cover with slate
   1. slate the roof

3. enter on a list or slate for an election
   1. He was slated for borough president