blank canvas
noun [ C usually singular ] uk/ˌblæŋk ˈkæn.vəs/ us/ˌblæŋk ˈkæn.vəs/
空白的画布
a canvas (= a piece of strong, rough cloth used by artists) or other surface that has nothing painted on it
He devised special costumes, which the dancers soak in paint offstage, and as they dance, the paint is "transferred" to a blank canvas secured to the stage floor. 他设计了特殊的服装，上台前浸泡在颜料中，而当舞者起舞时，颜料会被“转移”到固定在舞台地板上的空白画布上。
（尚未有任何计划或决定，不受限制可自由行事的）任意驰骋的机会，为所欲为的情况
a situation in which nothing has yet been planned or decided, so that someone is free to decide what should happen or be done
Interior designers rarely work with a blank canvas and the licence to do absolutely anything they want. 室内设计师极少有机会任意驰骋，也很难得到许可为所欲为。
一张白纸般的某人
a person whose character is not fixed, and who can develop in different ways
A 60-year-old can no longer be regarded as a blank canvas, however. Life events leave their mark. 然而，60岁的人不再是一张白纸。生活中的点滴都会留下印记。
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- A blank canvas nearly 6 feet tall and 7 feet wide stands in the studio he has made in his mother's living room.
- A white wall is Tulsa artist William Franklin's blank canvas.
- You have a chance, you have a blank canvas here. You get to reinvent, you get to do anything you want with this.
- The city's future is a blank canvas.
- He has had broad appeal because he is seen as a blank canvas on which people can project their ideals.