leeway

英 [ˈliːweɪ]

美 [ˈliːweɪ]

n.  自由活动的空间

GRETEM8

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
  1. How much leeway should parents give their children?
     父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a permissible difference
  Synonym:allowancemargintolerance
• (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

双语例句

• 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。
• Second, central banks should use existing leeway in their monetary policy.
  其次，央行应该利用货币政策现有的灵活性。
• 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。
• 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。
• This means keeping the goals largely the same but giving firms and their auditors more leeway in achieving them.
  这意味着保持目标不变但是给予公司及其审计人员更多的回旋余地来实现这一目标。
• 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。
• 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。
• Without an agreement, the antitrust laws allow manufacturers substantial leeway in selecting the dealers with whom they deal.
  若不存在协定，反托拉斯法允许制造商有实质性区别地选择其愿意与之交易的代理商。
• This will give us more leeway.
  定上这样一条可以让我们的时间充裕一点。