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

• This will give us more leeway.
  定上这样一条可以让我们的时间充裕一点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Governments should also use whatever fiscal leeway they have to boost employment, for example by cutting payroll taxes.
  政府也应当调动手中一切财政自由空间来推动就业，比如降低工资税。
• 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。
• 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。