leeway

[美]/'liːweɪ/
[英]/'li'we/
词频: 极高

释义

n. [航海]风压差; [口]余地; [航空]偏航; [喻]落后
词形变化
复数leeways

例句

the leeway is only about 2°.

风压差大约只有两度。

the government had several months' leeway to introduce reforms.

政府有几个月的回旋余地来推进改革。

there is little leeway if anything goes wrong.

要是出了事,回旋余地可是很小。

allowed the chef leeway in choosing the menu;

允许厨师有选择菜单的自由;

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?

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。

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