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关于英语单词“blank”的短语:一无所获 一片空白

1.blank out:忘了某事

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?

2.blank check:按自己想法行事的自由

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。

3. draw a blank:毫无回应;一无所获

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。

4. fill in the blank 很容易猜到的事,显而易见的事

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?
比利:还能怎么样!猜都能猜到。

5. give someone a blank look:漠然地看着某人,面无表情的看着某人

someone a blank look: to look back at someone with a neutral look on one's face)

I tried to explain , but he just gave me a blank look .
我想要解释,但是他只是毫无表情地看了我一眼。

6. one's mind went blank:脑子一片空白

He knew all his lines in rehearsal, but his mind went blank when he went before an audience. (one's mind went blank: someone's mind has experienced total forgetfulness.)
排练的时候,他对自己的台词倒背如流。但是站在台上,看着台下的观众,他大脑一片空白。