英語單詞

leeway是什麽意思

leeway

英 ['liːweɪ] 美 ['li'we]
  • n. 餘地;風壓差;偏航;落後

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1. leeward 諧音“利我的” => lee。

中文詞源


leeway 自由活動的空間

lee,背風處,way,方向,道路。原指由強風所致的偏航,現主要用於比喻義自由活動的空間,回旋餘地。

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?
父母應該給孩子留多少自由的空間?

來自《權威詞典》

3. It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?
這一來,你就沒有多少回旋的餘地了, 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.
他病好後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.
總統說他希望給各州更多的醫療改革空間。

來自柯林斯例句

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