| 词汇 | breathing-space |
| 释义 | breathing space noun[ C or U ] mainly UKuk /ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/ us /ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/(US usuallybreathing room) a period of rest in order to increase strength or give you more time to think about what to do next: 休整时期；考虑的时间 I wanted a little breathing space between jobs.上一份工作结束后，我需要短暂休整一下再开始下一份工作。 The court's decision gave us some breathing space.法庭的裁决给了我们一段休整期。 Passive and not working adynamic anywhere breather bum bum around dormancy idle laze leave someone beidiom lie around moribund navel non-physical recharge siesta sit on your handsidiom sit round slob slob around (something) slop around (something) breathing space | Business Englishbreathing space noun[ U or S ] ukus(US alsobreathing room) a period of rest from a busy or difficult situation in order to get your energy back or give you more time to think about what to do next: Troubled companies have a 28-day breathing space in which they can reorganise their affairs. allow/give sb some breathing spaceThe change of date gives the two sides some breathing space to strike a last minute deal. Examples of breathing spacebreathing space The breathingspace provided by the 1950s was nevertheless sufficient. It is through controlling our private environment that we are able to have "breathingspace" from the challenges presented by interaction with other people. I do not feel the lack of anything in this introduction except for breathingspace; it is very terse and condensed. The second theme, having breathingspace in suffering, provided an opportunity to recover balance in life when intense suffering abated. The town's claim of dominion had in effect provided them with an important breathingspace and allowed them to retain land and water resources and maintain their way of life. All in all, this gave the government some breathingspace to develop a new policy package as regards incomes policy for the (semi-) public sector. Patients oscillate between being in intense suffering and having breathingspace in this suffering, which somewhat opposes the traditional picture of a continuous linear deterioration. In our study, acquiring breathingspace in suffering included being happy and harmonious and provided an opportunity to reflect on existential issues. Culture, tradition, and outworn customs have relegated her to a dark corner, and therefore her life in the city gives her visibility and a breathingspace. In the present study, having breathingspace in suffering afforded patients time and the strength necessary to prepare themselves and the family for the forthcoming death. After all the attention given to the electronic highway, the focusing of attention on the social aspects brought a breathingspace. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The purpose of the scheme was to provide a breathingspace for the industry to take time to perform that very task. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I seek a breathingspace through the new clause so that the alternative view might be put more effectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will give them a breathingspace until a more elaborate and more comprehensive code of landlord and tenant law comes in to being. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But a breathingspace is of no value whatsoever if nothing comes out of it except hot air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of breathing space These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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