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Blank这个词在英语中的应用很广泛，可以表示试卷、屏幕等具体实物是“空白的”，也可表示发呆时大脑无意识的“空白”状态，今天我们一起来学习一下这个词及相关词组在口语中的应用吧! 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) 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? | 
