Leeway
[ 'li:wei ]
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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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Let me take you in my arms and say goodbye.
让我拥抱你一下，说声再见吧。
Half an hour later, another man struck a match for a cigarette and this time the whole of the inside of the ship caught fire.
半小时后，又一个工人擦亮火柴想点支香烟，这下整个船舱都起了火。
First, it is important to recognize what kind of person you are and which special qualities make you different from everyone else. To help you do this, read the following questions and write down the answers:
首先，重要的一点是要了解你自己是个什么样的人，有哪些特殊的品质使你与众不同。为了帮助你做到这一点，阅读下面的问题并写下答案。