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
- The military men will be left some leeway to choose the exact time for attack.
将留有一定自由度让作战人员来选择进攻的确切时间。 - Its current account surplus and strong fiscal position provided the macro policy leeway to make any slowdown strictly temporary.
其经常项目盈余和强劲的财政状况为宏观政策提供了回旋的余地,使得任何形式的经济放缓严格来讲都只是暂时现象。 - 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。 - England and Wales while also recognising entrapment as an offence, do leave some leeway for the prosecution.
英格兰和威尔士都认为钓鱼执法属违法行为,但也给原告留了余地。 - Working with directors like Chen and Zhang who allow her the freedom and leeway to create her characters.
能继续同陈凯歌和张艺谋那样的导演合作,因为他们能给她塑造人物的自由空间和发挥演技的余地。 - 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。 - These will give banks more leeway in how they value certain assets whose prices have plunged.
这将使银行在为某些价格大幅下跌的资产估价时有更大的回旋余地。 - This will give us more leeway.
定上这样一条可以让我们的时间充裕一点。 - 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。 - Germany should allow the European Central Bank greater leeway to intervene in the secondary bond markets.
德国应该赋予欧洲央行(ecb)在干预债券二级市场上更大的自主权。