Leeway
[ 'li:wei ]
其它 Other
n. （航行由于强风所致的）偏航;余地;时间损失，落后;风压差，风压角;
📝 例句
How much leeway should parents give their children?
父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？
🌱 联想助记
leave way 离开路，提供活动的余地
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
leeway
n[U]
1 amount of freedom to move, change, etc that is left to sb （可供某人活动、 更动等的）余地
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.
The parking space was big enough, but there wasn't much leeway, ie margin for error. 停车处大是够大, 但并没有什麽回旋余地.
2 sideways drift of a ship or aircraft, due to the wind （船或飞行器因风而致的）偏航, 漂移.
3 (idm 习语) make up `leeway recover lost time; get back into position 补偿失去的时间; 恢复原位
She's been off school for a month, so she has a lot of leeway to make up. 她一个月没上学了, 有许多课业要补上.
🔁 扩展释义
*['li:wei]n. 风压差, 风压角, 可容许的误差, 余地
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The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.
这座双塔式大楼有110层高，而由电脑控制的高速电梯只需一分钟就可以到达塔顶。
Imagine a railway station, a bus company or a cinema, which many people need to ring to find out the times of trains, buses or films.
想一想，有许多人需要打电话到火车站、汽车公司或电影院，以便弄清火车、汽车的起始时间或电影放映的时间吧。
We succeeded in lighting the fire.
我们成功地点着火。