1.自由;自由空间;回旋余地
leeway is the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans.
e.g. Rarely do schoolteachers haveleeway to teach classes the way they want...
鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。
e.g. The President said that he wanted to give states moreleeway 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。
2.(需要弥补的)失去时间,落后差距
If you haveleeway to make up, you have to work hard because you do not have much time to reach a particular goal.
e.g. He just could not make up theleeway 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。
1. 风压差,余地:8. elector college 美国选举总统的选举团 | 9.leeway 风压差,余地 | 10. for all practical purpose 事实上,实际
2. 横漂;风压:leeway angle 漂角 |leeway 横漂;风压 | left derivative 左导数
Because of the..leeway caused by the gale, I had been driven back..towards Europe.
出自:F. Chichester