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
- 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。 - This gives Mr. Zhang leeway to invest in private companies like Blue Moon, a Chinese consumer goods producer.
这给张磊提供了空间，让他可以更方便地投资给私人公司，比如中国消费品生产商蓝月亮。 - Banks have a certain amount of leeway when reporting trading results.
银行在公布交易业绩方面通常会有一定的回旋余地。 - She's been off school for a month, so she has a lot of leeway to make up.
她一个月没上学了，有许多课业要补上。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Give them a little leeway and wait for them to reply you and try again the next day or even the next week if you have the time to wait.
给他们留一些余地，等待他们的回复，如果你实在没时间等了，第二天甚至第二个礼拜再试着联系他们。 - We need some leeway if we are to act effectively.
如果我们想使行动富有成效的话我们需要有一些伸缩余地。 - They understand how I construct steps and I give them a lot of leeway and sometimes actually give them very little instructions and they fill in the blanks.
他们了解我是如何构造舞步的，我给他们很多回旋的余地，事实上很多时候我只给他们非常少的指点，由他们自己来填补空白。