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.
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
They will think that you are the eyes and ears of the manager.
他们会认为,你是经理的耳目。
Perhaps his greatest belief was in an Indian phrase which he called the force of truth.