• n. 余地；風(fēng)壓差；偏航；落后

lee,背風(fēng)處，way,方向，道路。原指由強(qiáng)風(fēng)所致的偏航，現(xiàn)主要用于比喻義自由活動(dòng)的空間，回旋余地。

leeway (n.)

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

1. Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want.

鮮有學(xué)校老師可隨心所欲地教書的情況。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. How much leeway should parents give their children?

父母應(yīng)該給孩子留多少自由的空間？

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?

這一來(lái),你就沒(méi)有多少回旋的余地了, 是不是?

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. He's got a lot of leeway to make up in his studies after his illness.

他病好后要花好多時(shí)間趕拉下的功課.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.

總統(tǒng)說(shuō)他希望給各州更多的醫(yī)療改革空間。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句