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(jīng)理具體該如何培訓員工，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；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(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 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）
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