"slates" in Chinese (Simplified)
石板写字板
Definition
“Slates” 是 “slate” 的复数，通常指用于屋顶的平石块或写字板。偶尔在非正式语境下也可表示候选人名单或计划。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常用于指屋顶建材或学校写字板。政治中“slates”可指候选人名单。注意不要和动词“to slate”（安排或批评）混淆。
Examples
The workers placed new slates on the roof.
工人们在屋顶上放了新的**石板**。
Students once wrote with chalk on slates in school.
以前学生在学校用粉笔在**写字板**上写字。
Several broken slates were found after the storm.
暴风雨后发现了几块破碎的**石板**。
The house down the street has old gray slates covering its entire roof.
街尾那栋房子的屋顶全都用灰色**石板**覆盖。
If you look closely, you can still see chalk marks on the old classroom slates.
仔细看，你还能在老教室的**写字板**上看到粉笔印记。
The two political parties announced their slates of candidates for the upcoming election.
两个政党公布了各自的候选人**名单**，准备即将到来的选举。