leeway

leeway音标

英 [ˈli:weɪ]

美 [ˈliˌwe]

leeway基本释义

n.余地

leeway用法及例句

noun

1. a permissible differenceallowing some freedom to move within limits

Synonym: allowancemargintolerance

2. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

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 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。e.g. 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。

2. （需要弥补的）失去时间，落后差距If you have leeway 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 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。

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

近义词

临近词

flexibility灵活性

breathing space休息时间

freedom自由

allowance零用钱

scope机会

margin边缘

tolerance宽容

room房间

latitude纬度

leeway space

Leeway spaces

leeway in drawing

leeway indicator

leeway angle

leeway investment

left

leeward

Leeway In drawings

相关列句

While questions on this site are supposed to focus on business, there's a little leeway.(此网站专注于商务方面的问题，同时也涵盖其他方面的问题。)

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。)

Apple says it will give publishers more leeway to set e-book prices.(苹果称会让出版商自由确定电子书的价格。)

Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want.(学校老师很少能选择教授自己想教的内容。)

Another fear is that the use of UPP and the like will give trustbusters too much leeway to block mergers that might benefit consumers.(另一种顾虑是使用UPP及类似方法可能给了反托拉斯者太多空间去阻碍本可能造福消费者的合并。)

This gives me some starting and stopping leeway.(这会给我一些开始和停顿的时间余地。)

States have more leeway, but many will have to pump more money into their pension funds to offset losses on the market.(各州的自由度更大一些，但许多州都不得不为养老金注入更多的资金以弥补其在市场上的损失。)

In return, Indian customers allow outsourcing firms greater leeway in how they meet their commitments.(作为回报，印度的客户在协议的委托事项方面也给了外包商更大的余地。)

Regulation and oversight will be extended to those that are "systemically important", a definition that leaves plenty of leeway.(监管将被拓展到“具有系统重要性”的部门，该定义留有足够的回旋余地。)

Make sure you understand - and agree with - who is responsible for what and how much decision-making leeway you have.(你一定要明白——并且同意——谁负责什么，你有多大的决策权。)