单词 | clean sheet/slate |
释义 | clean sheet/slateclean sheet/slate MISTAKEa record of someone’s work, behaviour, performance etc that shows they have not done anything wrong or made any mistakes 无过错的记录;清白的历史 Jed looked forward to starting life again with a clean sheet. 杰德期望清清白白地重新做人。 Lewis has kept a clean sheet in every game (=not let the other team score). 刘易斯在所有比赛中从未让对手得分。 Examples from the Corpus clean sheet/slate• When things go wrong Many people today believe that children begin life with a clean slate.• He wanted to use the subsidiary as a totally clean slate and he wanted true collaboration from the beginning.• Hereford just can't keep a clean sheet and their lowly league position reflects that.• Everton's record of failing to keep a clean sheet in 15 matches soon looked ominously likely to continue.• A clean sheet of blotting paper should be in the blotter. 5.• Orson Pratt, one of the originals, stressed the clean slate of history on which they wrote.• They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.• The new-born child is virtually a clean slate, to be written on by the world. → clean sheet/slate at clean1(4) |
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