elbow room

英 [ˈelbəʊ ruːm]

美 [ˈelboʊ ruːm]

n.  足够的活动空间; 足以走进的地方

牛津词典

noun

• 足够的活动空间；足以走进的地方
  enough space to move or walk in

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 行动自由；活动空间
  Elbow roomis the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation.
  1. His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.
     他的演讲旨在给自己更多的政治空间。
• N-UNCOUNT 宽裕的空间;充足的活动空间
  If there is enoughelbow roomin a place or vehicle, it is not too small or too crowded.
  1. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
     “沙锥鸟”战斗机的驾驶舱空间不太宽敞。

英英释义

noun

• space for movement
  1. room to pass
  2. make way for
  3. hardly enough elbow room to turn around
  Synonym:roomway

双语例句

• His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.
  他的演讲旨在给自己更多的政治空间。
• Green sites and fairway landing areas should be put in spots with an appropriate amount of elbow room and surrounding difficulty.
  果岭的位置和球道的落球区应该放在一个大约拐弯的区域，还有复杂是周围环境。
• I needed a little more elbow room to do the job properly.
  我需要更多一点活动余地来把工作做好。
• The perimeter of his desk is delineated by towers of paper: I have a relatively big desk so as long as there is elbow room, things tend to pile up, even if some of them do date back to 2004.
  他办公桌四周的文件堆得像小山似的。我的办公桌相对比较大，因此只要有点空间，东西就会堆起来，尽管有一些甚至可以追溯到2004年。
• All this gave them more elbow room for implementing the new policy.
  这一切为他们贯彻这项新政策提供了更大的灵活性。
• There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.
  在这个巨大的水族箱里，有足够的活动空间让各种惊喜出现。
• I can hardly move. Give me some elbow room.
  我差不多动不了了，给我让点地方吧。
• Give me some elbow room.
  给我让点地方。
• I can think of one person who has more elbow room than she needs& the Queen of England.
  我们有六个孩子马上又要生第七个了。我们需要比现在更大一些的地方。
• He raised himself on his elbow and tried to see into the darkness of the room.
  他用肘撑起身子，竭力朝黑洞洞的房间里张望。