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leeway是什么意思

  • 英式英标[\'li\'we]
  • 美式音标[\'liːweɪ]

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.

中文解释

1. leeward 谐音“利我的” => lee。

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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. How much leeway should parents give their children?
父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间?
来自《权威词典》
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?
来自《简明英汉词典》
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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。
来自柯林斯例句

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