leeway 详细解释

leeway

['li:wei]

n.余地

词义辨析

同义参见:

latitude  room  

英英释义

名词 leeway:

(of a ship or plane) sideways drift

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

同义词：allowance, margin, tolerance

补充

leewayleeway英:[ˈli:wei] 美:[ˈliˌwe]n.1.灵活性; 随意处置的余地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？2.时间损失; 落后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。3.(航行由于强风所致的)偏航

例句

1. The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.总统说希望给各州更大的空间来推行各自的医疗保健改革。 2. Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want.中小学老师很少能有自由空间按照自己的方式进行教学。 3. He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well.瑞安在前几轮一路得分, 他现在再想赶也赶不上了。 4. He explained just how he was going to make up the 30-point leeway his party is suffering in polls.他阐述了自己究竟准备怎样去扭转他的政党在民意调查中落后30个点的被动局面。 5. the government had several months' leeway to introduce reforms.政府有几个月的回旋余地来推进改革。 6. there is little leeway if anything goes wrong.要是出了事，回旋余地可是很小。 7. the leeway is only about 2°.风压差大约只有两度。 8. I've broken my left arm.我伤了左臂。 9. Turn left just past the Post Office.过了邮局就向左转。 10. They give/allow their students leeway to try new things.他们给予学生尝试新事物的自由。 11. The new rules allow managers (to have) greater leeway in making decisions.新规定允许经理们拥有更大的决策自由。 12. They're so far behind that they have little hope of making up the leeway on the leaders. [=of catching up with the leaders]他们落后太多，要赶上领先者希望渺茫。

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