leeway 英 [ˈli:weɪ] 　 美 [ˈliˌwe]

leeway

leeway　 英 [ˈli:weɪ] 美 [ˈliˌwe]

n. 余地；风压差；偏航；落后　

名词复数:leeways　

This gives me some starting and stopping leeway.　这会给我一些开始和停顿的时间余地。
However, there is a certain amount of leeway so that if the action gets completed shortly after when it should have done everything will still continue without any problems.　但它的“最终期限”有一定的回旋余地，因此，即使一个动作比规定的时间稍微晚一些才完成，所有的事情仍然能够正常运行、不会出现任何问题。

  • Leeway is a term used to describe the amount of freedom available. If you know you have a paper due on Monday, you might ask your teachers if there is any leeway––could you, say, bring it first thing Tuesday morning?
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  • n. 余地；风压差；偏航；落后

  • 1. This gives me some starting and stopping leeway.

    这会给我一些开始和停顿的时间余地。

  • 2. However, there is a certain amount of leeway so that if the action gets completed shortly after when it should have done everything will still continue without any problems.

    但它的“最终期限”有一定的回旋余地，因此，即使一个动作比规定的时间稍微晚一些才完成，所有的事情仍然能够正常运行、不会出现任何问题。

  • 3. Companies with a relatively reliable stream of cash but a stale business model, such as AOL, have a little bit more leeway.

    但对于AOL这样的流动资金相对充裕、经营模式却过于陈腐的公司，回旋的余地稍微充分一点。

  • leeway (n.) also lee-way, 1660s, "sideways drift of a ship in her course caused by wind, deviation from true course by drifting to leeward," from lee + way (n.). Applied to loss of progress in general from 1827. Figurative meaning "extra space" is by 1835.
lee·way / ˈliːweɪ ; NAmE ˈliːweɪ / noun [uncountable ] the amount of freedom that you have to change sth or to do sth in the way you want to 自由活动的空间 SYN latitude ◆ How much leeway should parents give their children? 父母应该给孩子多少自由的空间？ IDIOM make up ˈleeway ( BrE) to get out of a bad position that you are in, especially because you have lost a lot of time 摆脱逆境；（尤指）弥补损失的时间 lee·way / ˈliːweɪ ; NAmE ˈliːweɪ /
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