呆頭呆腦的“blank”短語盤點
Blank這個詞在英語中的應用很廣泛，可以表示試卷、屏幕等具體實物是“空白的”，也可表示發呆時大腦無意識的“空白”狀態，今天我們一起來學習一下這個詞及相關詞組在口語中的應用吧!
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理具體該如何培訓員工，他可以自由發揮。(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;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 look and 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“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 blank when 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)
Blank這個詞在英語中的應用很廣泛，可以表示試卷、屏幕等具體實物是“空白的”，也可表示發呆時大腦無意識的“空白”狀態，今天我們一起來學習一下這個詞及相關詞組在口語中的應用吧!
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理具體該如何培訓員工，他可以自由發揮。(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;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 look and 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“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 blank when 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)
