leeway的意思

leeway

英式音标['li'we]
美式英标['liːweɪ]

基本解释

n. 余地；风压差；偏航；落后

中文词源

leeway 自由活动的空间

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。

英文词源

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

实用例句

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。

2. How much leeway should parents give their children?: 父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？

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?

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.

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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