leeway
英 [ˈliːweɪ]
美 [ˈliːweɪ]
n. 自由活动的空间
Collins.1 / BNC.19486 / COCA.15712
习惯用语
n.
- make up leeway
- 摆脱逆境；（尤指）弥补损失的时间
to get out of a bad position that you are in, especially because you have lost a lot of time
牛津词典
noun
- 自由活动的空间
the amount of freedom that you have to change sth or to do sth in the way you want to- How much leeway should parents give their children?
父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？
- How much leeway should parents give their children?
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 自由；自由空间；回旋余地
Leewayis the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans.- Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want...
鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。 - The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.
总统说他希望给各州更多的医疗改革空间。
- Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want...
- N-UNCOUNT （需要弥补的）失去时间，落后差距
If you haveleewayto make up, you have to work hard because you do not have much time to reach a particular goal.- He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well.
瑞安在前几轮得分很高，他现在再想赶也赶不上了。
- He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- I hope you would leave us some leeway in terms of payment.
我希望在付款条件方面你们能通融一些。 - And after frenzied lobbying, US accounting regulators generously gave banks far more leeway over how they should price "toxic" assets on their balance sheets.
而且，在热火朝天的游说之后，美国会计准则监管机构对银行估价资产负债表上“有毒”资产的方式，慷慨地给予了更宽松的选择余地。 - German firms certainly have plenty of leeway, after practising wage restraint for the past decade.
在过去十年实行的薪酬限制，让德国公司确信它们还有转圜的余地。 - Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want
鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。 - A quarter of an hour should be enough leeway.
留出一刻钟的富余时间足够了。 - This gives greater leeway for the government to continue to use monetary policies to boost economic growth.
这使政府在继续动用货币政策提振经济增长时拥有更大回旋余地。 - Suppliers 'leeway to offer deals has been clipped by their own costs rising.
自身成本的上升也挤压了供应商提供优惠合约的空间。 - The debate over how much leeway to give private aid groups is an important one for China.
在中国，有关应该给民间援助团体留下多大活动余地的问题受到热烈讨论。 - The train was late, and we had an hour's leeway to make up.
火车晚点了，我们得把1小时的损失时间补上。 - Because they are nothing, plays the part no she choose leeway.
因为自己什么都不是，演的角色根本没有她挑选的余地。