leeway
英 ['li?we?]
美['li'we]
- n. 余地；風(fēng)壓差；偏航；落后
暢通詞匯TEM8GRE低頻詞
助記提示
1. leeward 諧音“利我的” => lee。
中文詞源
leeway 自由活動的空間
lee,背風(fēng)處，way,方向，道路。原指由強風(fēng)所致的偏航，現(xiàn)主要用于比喻義自由活動的空間，回旋余地。
英文詞源
- leeway (n.)
- 1660s, sideways drift of a ship caused by wind, from lee + way (n.). Figurative meaning "extra space" is by 1835.
雙語例句
- 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？
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?
- 這一來,你就沒有多少回旋的余地了, 是不是?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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間趕拉下的功課.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The President said that he wanted to give states more leeway to pursue their own health-care reforms.
- 總統(tǒng)說他希望給各州更多的醫(yī)療改革空間。
來自柯林斯例句