leeway
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
Leeway is the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans.
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。
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。
If you have leeway to make up, you have to work hard because you do not have much time to reach a particular goal.
He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well.
瑞安在前几轮得分很高,他现在再想赶也赶不上了。
1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
make up (the) leeway
(英)(尤指以挽回失去时间的方法)摆脱困境
We have an hour's leeway to catch [ make ] the express.
我们还有一小时的充裕时间搭 [ 赶上 ] 那班快车.
Please give me some leeway.
请给我些回旋余地.
Enlarging a farmer to counterpoise independently, relax policy respect, already did not have how old leeway.
在扩大农民自主权, 放宽政策方面, 已没有多大余地.
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?
I hope you will leave us some leeway In future term of payment.
希望以后在付款条件方面贵方能通融一些.