"slates" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 石板
• 書寫板

Definition

“Slates” 是 “slate” 的複數，一般指用作屋頂的石板或書寫板。偶爾在非正式語境中也可指候選人名單或計畫。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多指用作屋頂建材或學校書寫板。政治語境中可指候選人名單。不宜與動詞 “to slate” （安排或批評）混淆。

Examples

The workers placed new slates on the roof.

工人在屋頂上鋪上了新的**石板**。

Students once wrote with chalk on slates in school.

以前學生在學校用粉筆在**書寫板**上寫字。

Several broken slates were found after the storm.

暴風雨後發現了幾片破碎的**石板**。

The house down the street has old gray slates covering its entire roof.

街尾那棟屋子的屋頂全都用灰色**石板**覆蓋。

If you look closely, you can still see chalk marks on the old classroom slates.

仔細看，還能在舊教室的**書寫板**上看到粉筆痕跡。

The two political parties announced their slates of candidates for the upcoming election.

兩個政黨宣佈了各自的候選人**名單**，備戰即將到來的選舉。