地道英語口語:“腦子一片空白”英語怎麼說
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 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,你剛纔問了什麼來着?(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)
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)
我們在那些文件裡搜索了一個小時,一無所獲。(draw a blank:毫無迴應;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)
瑪麗:然後怎麼樣了?
比利:還能怎麼樣!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)
我告訴她別抽菸了,她面無表情地看了我一眼,繼續“騰雲駕霧”。(give someone a blank look:漠然地看着某人)
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,看着臺下的觀衆,他大腦一片空白。(one's mind went blank:腦子一片空白)