關於“blank”的短語：一無所獲 一片空白
1.
I blanked out your question. What did you say? (blank out: to forget something, perhaps on purpose; to blot something out of memory)
我忘記你的問題了，你剛纔問了什麼來着？（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)
沒有人要求也來的經理具體該如何培訓員工，他可以自由發揮。（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)
我們在那些文件裏搜索了一個小時，一無所獲。（draw a blank：毫無迴應；一無所獲）
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：昨晚他們在家裏打起來了，然後鄰居報了警。
瑪麗：然後怎麼樣了？
比利：還能怎麼樣！猜都能猜到。（fill in the blank：你可以猜到剩下的故事）
5.
After I told her to stop smoking, she just gave me a blank look and kept puffing. (give someone a blank look: to look back at someone with a neutral look on one's face)
我告訴她別抽菸了，她面無表情地看了我一眼，繼續“騰雲駕霧”。（give someone a blank look：漠然地看着某人）
6.
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.)
排練的時候，他對自己的臺詞倒背如流。但是站在臺上，看着臺下的觀衆，他大腦一片空白。（one's mind went blank：腦子一片空白）
