leeway是什么意思？

leeway

英[ˈli:weɪ] 美[ˈliˌwe]

• n. （航行由于强风所致的）偏航，余地，时间损失，落后，风压差，风压角；

例句

• By now, James was so far behind in the race that he knew he had little chance of making up the leeway. 此时詹姆斯在赛跑中落后太多，他知道自己已经无力回天。
• 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。
• 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？
• ( The dissenters would have allowed even more leeway to the Secretary. ) ( 持异议者还会给行政长官留有更多的余地. )
• How much leeway should parents give their children? 父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

词组

• make up (the) leeway
  (Brit.)struggle out of a bad position, especially by recovering lost time (英)（尤指以挽回失去时间的方法）摆脱困境

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  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.
  例句
  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。 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。
• N-UNCOUNT
  （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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  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？
  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。
  摆脱逆境；(尤指)挽回失去的时间
  By now, James was so far behind in the race that he knew he had little chance of making up the leeway. 此时詹姆斯在赛跑中落后太多，他知道自己已经无力回天。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
  2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

行业词典

• 体育： 向下风方面的偏航；