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breathing space

呼吸空间,喘息空间,喘息的空间,呼吸的空间

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called breathing spell . an opportunity to rest or think.
    • : sufficient space in which to move, work, etc.: The train was so crowded that there was hardly breathing space.

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Examples

  • The delayed demise of third-party cookies has given marketers some breathing space, but that’s all — with 2022 on the horizon, publishers are still gazing into a future without clear answers to the big questions about identity solutions.

  • Limiting the commute has provided breathing space to better balance work and parenting.

  • Even this apparent digression with its minorly clever point — that writing is a kind of con game — serves as a breathing space, a slight pause before the rush of my final two paragraphs.

  • The big picture is if you know the numbers are going down, and feel they are going to stay down due to seasonality, then you have some breathing space.

  • He said, ‘They’re both shot in the head and neither of them are breathing.

  • Both Rohan and Kalayjian recommend breathing in some fresh air each day.

  • According to the report, the evidence suggested that Mr. Stewart had stopped breathing before his arrival at Bellevue.

  • Police were giving them “a little breathing room,” according to Bratton.

  • Space Invaders had just been introduced in America, and Atari was looking for a game that would do it one better.

  • Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.

  • “Never mind that,” Jessie flung back over her shoulder, and still breathing easily as she set a slower stroke.

  • Even the short stop had allowed their horses a breathing spell and they could now ride more leisurely.

  • She sat still as a statue, scarce breathing, her eyes fixed upon the violet sky.

  • The drops fell on the lips of the sleeping man, who was now breathing regularly.