a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
双语例句
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
用作名词 (n.)
Give me lots of leeway around the chest. 胸围部分多给我留些余地。
This point is no leeway for dispute. 这一点是没有争论的余地的。
Better to be quiet and leave a little leeway. 还是少说几句，留点余地罢。
We have an hour's leeway to catch the express. 我们还有一小时的充裕时间搭那班快车。
This itinerary leaves us plenty of leeway. 这个旅行计划给我们留有很多自由活动的余地。
Ten days should be a big enough leeway to allow for delays. 把耽搁考虑在内，增加十天时间是绰绰有余的了。
They allow more leeway rather than enforcing leniency, and do not apply directly to the state courts where most drug cases are heard. 他们允许有更多的回旋余地，而不是强制执行宽赦，也不会在有许多毒品犯罪案件要被审理的州法院直接采用。
