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词汇 leeway
释义 leeway
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈliː.weɪ/ us /ˈliː.weɪ/

leewaynoun[U] (FREEDOM)


freedom to act within particular limits: 自由空间,自由度,余地
Local councils will be given some leeway as to how they implement the legislation.地方议会实施该项立法会有一定的自由度。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Freedom to act
(as) free as a birdidiom
agency
at willidiom
autonomist
autonomous
free hand
free pass
free reinidiom
free spirit
free-form
non-autonomous
non-didactic
non-directed
non-restricted
non-restrictive
the world is someone's oysteridiom
walk
walk freeidiom
wiggle room
wriggle room

leewaynoun[U] (PERIOD OF TIME)


UK
an amount or period of time that has been lost or wasted: 富余时间,多余时间;浪费的时间
There is a lot of leeway to make up after the holiday period.假期过后有很多浪费掉的时间需要补上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Periods of time - general words
age
at/in one sittingidiom
chapter
day
digital age
duration
information age
life course
life cycle
lifetime
making
period
session
sleep
spasm
standing
time frame
time lag
time span
timescale

leeway | American Dictionary


leeway
noun[ U ]
us/ˈliˌweɪ/
freedom to act within certain limits:
[ + to infinitive ]The law gives companies more leeway to decide whether to accept or reject an offer.
Leeway is also additional time or money:
Homeowners need some leeway to buy a new house after they sell the old one.

Examples of leeway


leeway
There is plenty of leeway for future research.
Although there is some leeway, this allows for a choice between correlations that will specify a date within six days or fewer.
There is great leeway for service provider discretion in deciding who needs care the most and how the day-to-day interactions with clients are organised.
I suggested above that stronger candidates have more leeway in positioning, so one might expect high-quality candidates to diverge more.
There are parts that really need to be conducted together, but that also has a certain amount of leeway.
Following a promotional campaign by a competitor, they might give their salespeople more leeway to give better discounts.
Under a restricted decisional space, salespeople have very limited leeway for adjusting the firm's offer to the needs and requirements of their customers.
In such cases, they are given little or no leeway for adapting the firm's offer to buyer demand.
As long as the system expanded, oil created great leeway to freely design institutions and in very different ways.
He had paid his dues, and deserved a little extra leeway if he spoke too loudly or grew frustrated and angry with the tribal politicians.
Such leeway is the means by which the enforcement agency adapts to uncertainty.
A secondary finding with respect to proxy decisionmaking related to the issue of leeway.
There was the sense that in exchange for political loyalty, the judiciary was granted considerable leeway regarding its own internal affairs.
He takes soundings, calculates the impact of magnetism, the movements of the sea (as currents and tides), and the sideways drift (leeway).
However, the constant pressure of reformers had forced judges to give too much leeway to the legislature's use of the police power.
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