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
- These will give banks more leeway in how they value certain assets whose prices have plunged.
这将使银行在为某些价格大幅下跌的资产估价时有更大的回旋余地。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。