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

• German firms certainly have plenty of leeway, after practising wage restraint for the past decade.
  在过去十年实行的薪酬限制，让德国公司确信它们还有转圜的余地。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We need some leeway if we are to act effectively.
  如果我们想使行动富有成效的话我们需要有一些伸缩余地。
• 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。
• A quarter of an hour should be enough leeway.
  留出一刻钟的富余时间足够了。
• 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。
• 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。