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leeway
英['liːweɪ] 美['liːweɪ]
单词基本解释
n.余地
英英释义
Noun:
  1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

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

词典解释

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。

网络解释

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

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  1. Give me lots of leeway around the chest.
    胸围部分多给我留些余地。
  2. This point is no leeway for dispute.
    这一点是没有争论的余地的。
  3. Better to be quiet and leave a little leeway.
    还是少说几句,留点余地罢。
  4. We have an hour's leeway to catch the express.
    我们还有一小时的充裕时间搭那班快车。
  5. This itinerary leaves us plenty of leeway.
    这个旅行计划给我们留有很多自由活动的余地。
  6. Ten days should be a big enough leeway to allow for delays.
    把耽搁考虑在内,增加十天时间是绰绰有余的了。
  7. They allow more leeway rather than enforcing leniency, and do not apply directly to the state courts where most drug cases are heard.
    他们允许有更多的回旋余地,而不是强制执行宽赦,也不会在有许多毒品犯罪案件要被审理的州法院直接采用。
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  • Because of the..leeway caused by the gale, I had been driven back..towards Europe.

    出自:F. Chichester
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