drawing board

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ˈdrawing board noun [countableC]

1 (go) back to the drawing board PLANif you go back to the drawing board, you start again with a completely new plan or idea, after the one you tried before has failed 〔失败后〕重新开始，从头再来

The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.

目前的方法行不通，我们得另起炉灶，从头再来。

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(go) back to the drawing board• You have to discard the propeller engine and go back to the drawing board.• You also could go back to the drawing board with that budget, trying to reduce costs.• They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training.• Sometimes, you also have to go back to the drawing board.• The Cta episode has therefore sent the whole idea of direct dating of petroglyphs back to the drawing board.• Voters rejected the bridge expansion plan, so it's back to the drawing board for city engineers.• They want to see the road plan sent back to the drawing board.• So Superman, once the most recognized and revered hero in comic books, was sent back to the drawing board.• For San Jose, it was back to the drawing board.

2 on the drawing board if a plan or product is on the drawing board, it is in the process of being planned or prepared 在计划中，在准备阶段

Other car manufacturers have similar projects on the drawing board.

其他的汽车生产商也在筹划类似的项目。

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on the drawing board• Plans also are on the drawing board to develop chips for the cable industry.• The balancing of these main curves is done on the drawing board.• Parisians remain unconvinced that the project will be approved, especially since it is not the only idea on the drawing board.• Until that changes, the Tobin tax will remain on the drawing board.• Additional programs in international studies and telecommunications were on the drawing board.

3. AVDDRAWa large flat board that artists and designers work on 绘画板；制图板

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drawing board• Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.• A remake of the movie is on the drawing board.• Additional programs in international studies and telecommunications were on the drawing board.• They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training.• For San Jose, it was back to the drawing board.• It already had a well-developed product on the market, whilst its rivals were struggling to get one on to the drawing board.

ˈdrawing board noun

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