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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。