leeway

• n. 余地；风压差；偏航；落后

lee,背风处，way,方向，道路。原指由强风所致的偏航，现主要用于比喻义自由活动的空间，回旋余地。

leeway (n.)

1660s, sideways drift of a ship caused by wind, from lee + way (n.). Figurative meaning "extra space" is by 1835.

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。

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2. How much leeway should parents give their children?

父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？

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3. It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?

这一来,你就没有多少回旋的余地了, 是不是?

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4. He's got a lot of leeway to make up in his studies after his illness.

他病好后要花好多时间赶拉下的功课.

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5. 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。

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1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

How much leeway should parents give their children?

父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We have an hour's leeway to catch [ make ] the express.

我们还有一小时的充裕时间搭 [ 赶上 ] 那班快车.

辞典例句

Please give me some leeway.

请给我些回旋余地.

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Enlarging a farmer to counterpoise independently, relax policy respect, already did not have how old leeway.

在扩大农民自主权, 放宽政策方面, 已没有多大余地.

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It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?

这一来,你就没有多少回旋的余地了, 是不是?

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I hope you will leave us some leeway In future term of payment.

希望以后在付款条件方面贵方能通融一些.

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Because it does not have leeway, so this is medium and small businesses.

所以这是中小企业因为它没有退路.

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China's government officials appear aware they have some leeway.

显然,中国政府官员知道自己还有回旋余地.

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Versioning is all about relaxing the rules in the right way and introducing leeway.

采用正确的方法,并作些折衷,那么通过对版本的控制,将可以放松这一限制.

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He gave the boy a lot of leeway.

他给那男孩充分的自由.

辞典例句

The woman says to you break up of time that is to have no leeway.

女人对你说分手的时候那就是没有余地了.

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S. pay czar will give Benmosche leeway on pay.

美国“薪酬沙皇”将对他网开一面.

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Give me lots of leeway around the chest.

胸围部分多给我留些余地.

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The parking space was big enough, but there wasn't much leeway, ie margin for error.

停车处大是够大, 但并没有什麽回旋馀地.

辞典例句

Better to be quiet and leave a little leeway.

还是少说几句,留点余地罢.

汉英文学 - 围城

This example suggests that local governments have considerable leeway in using land.

这表明,地方政府在使用土地上有相当大的权力.

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You have an hour's leeway to catch the plane.

你赶飞机还有一小时的充裕时间.

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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.

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This well give us more leeway.

订这样一条,可以给我们更多的余地.

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This can be good or bad , of course , but most experts say more leeway is needed.

国际财务报表准则更基于原理,赋予审计员更大的空间做判断.

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Prince Vajiralongkorn can expect no such leeway.

哇集拉隆功王储则别想有这种权威.

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Overall, though, compensation data suggest employees don't believe that they have much leeway with the boss.

整体来说, 虽然, 酬劳数据意味着受雇人员不相信他们和老板有很多的灵活性.

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Don't make inflexible, leave some leeway.

留点回旋余地, 别把话说死了.

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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.

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We have much leeway to fetch up.

我们有很大的差距要赶上.

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He's got a lot of leeway to make up in his studies after his illness.

他病好后要花好多时间赶拉下的功课.

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