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)
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)
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)