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呆头呆脑的“blank”短语盘点

发布时间：2016-09-13 编辑：查字典英语网小编

Blank这个词在英语中的应用很广泛，可以表示试卷、屏幕等具体实物是“空白的”，也可表示发呆时大脑无意识的“空白”状态，今天我们一起来学习一下这个词及相关词组在口语中的应用吧!

1. I blanked out your question. What did you say?(blank out: to forget something, perhaps on purpose; to blot something out of memory)

我忘记你的问题了，你刚才问了什么来着?(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)

没有人要求也来的经理具体该如何培训员工，他可以自由发挥。(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)

我们在那些文件里搜索了一个小时，一无所获。(draw a blank：毫无回应;一无所获)

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：昨晚他们在家里打起来了，然后邻居报了警。

玛丽：然后怎么样了?

比利：还能怎么样!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 look and kept puffing.(give someone a blank look: to look back at someone with a neutral look on one's face)

我告诉她别抽烟了，她面无表情地看了我一眼，继续“腾云驾雾”。(give someone a blank look：漠然地看着某人)

6. He knew all his lines in rehearsal, but his mind went blank when he went before an audience. (one's mind went blank: someone's mind has experienced total forgetfulness.)

排练的时候，他对自己的台词倒背如流。但是站在台上，看着台下的观众，他大脑一片空白。(one's mind went blank：脑子一片空白)

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