| 单词 | a clean slate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa clean slate b. figurative. A record of any kind concerning or against a person; esp. in a clean slate. Also in phrases to wipe (off) the slate, to wipe the slate clean: to obliterate or cancel a record, usually of a debt, misdemeanour, etc.; hence loosely, to make a fresh start. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > [noun] > a record > personal slate1868 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] dilghec897 scrape1303 washc1380 fade1398 razea1425 out-razec1425 racec1450 enrasea1492 stramp1535 wipe1535 facec1540 cancel1559 outblot1573 to wash out1580 to blur out1581 obliterate1607 efface1611 dislimna1616 excerebrate1621 demark1655 rufflea1680 erase1695 scrub1828 overscore1834 elide1846 trash1859 to wipe (off) the slate1921 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead ii. ii He had passed the wet sponge over the slate containing any records of his early life. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Sept. 9/1 I can conceive nothing more desirable in the interests of these embarrassed tenants than that they should have a clean slate. 1899 R. Kipling Absent-minded Beggar i He is out on active service, wiping something off a slate. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxix We are helpless before a slate scrawled with figures of National Debts..the sensible thing to do is to wipe the slate and let the wrangling States distribute what they can spare. 1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means iv. 27 Where violence is pushed to its limits and the victims are totally exterminated, the slate is wiped clean and the perpetrators of violence are free to begin afresh on their own account. 1960 Times 2 Mar. 14/1 Tactically, Wolves must bank on all-out attack to wipe the slate clean. 1973 Times 28 Apr. 11/4 What I try to do each year is to wipe the slate clean. ‘Now what can I do this year?’ < as lemmas |
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