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

• To give themselves more leeway, bigger developers have turned away from fickle onshore financing to international bond markets.
  为了给自己多一些灵活应对的余地，大的房产开放商已经从不稳定的境内融资转向了国际证券市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。