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Blank這個詞在英語中的應(yīng)用很廣泛,可以表示試卷、屏幕等具體實物是“空白的”,也可表示發(fā)呆時大腦無意識的“空白”狀態(tài),今天我們一起來學(xué)習(xí)一下這個詞及相關(guān)詞組在口語中的應(yīng)用吧!
1. I blanked outyour question. What did you say?(blank out: to forget something, perhaps on purpose; to blot something out of memory)
我忘記你的問題了,你剛才問了什么來著?(blank out:忘了某事)
2. The new manager has been given no detailed instructions about how to train the staff. He just has a blank check. (blank check: freedom to act as one wishes or thinks necessary)
沒有人要求也來的經(jīng)理具體該如何培訓(xùn)員工,他可以自由發(fā)揮。(blank check:按自己想法行事的自由)
3. We looked in the files for an hour, but we drew a blank. (draw a blank: to get no response; to find nothing)
我們在那些文件里搜索了一個小時,一無所獲。(draw a blank:毫無回應(yīng);一無所獲)
4. Bill: There was a big fight at their house last night, then the neighbors called the police.
Mary: Then what happened?
Bill: Fill in the blanks. (fill in the blank: you can figure out the rest)
比利:昨晚他們在家里打起來了,然后鄰居報了警。
瑪麗:然后怎么樣了?
比利:還能怎么樣!猜都能猜到。(fill in the blank:你可以猜到剩下的故事)
5. After I told her to stop smoking, she just gave me a blank lookand kept puffing.(give someone a blank look: to look back at someone with a neutral look on one's face)
我告訴她別抽煙了,她面無表情地看了我一眼,繼續(xù)“騰云駕霧”。(give someone a blank look:漠然地看著某人)
6. He knew all his lines in rehearsal, but his mind went blankwhen he went before an audience. (one's mind went blank: someone's mind has experienced total forgetfulness.)
排練的時候,他對自己的臺詞倒背如流。但是站在臺上,看著臺下的觀眾,他大腦一片空白。(one's mind went blank:腦子一片空白)
也許,在托??谡Z中,我們可以用這個詞兒來調(diào)侃一下,然后迅速進入主題。
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