tabula rasa
/tæbjʊləˈrɑːzə/noun
(pl. tabulae rasae /tæbjʊliːˈrɑːziː/)
1- an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate缺乏事先构思, 没有预定目标; 空白书写板：
the team did not have complete freedom and a tabula rasa from which to work.
这个队没有完全的自由, 也缺乏作为努力依据的预定目标。
1.1
- the human mind, especially at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas白板（尤指人出生时没有与生俱来的思想）。
词源
Latin, literally 'scraped tablet', denoting a tablet with the writing erased.