leeway 的定义
- extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
- a degree of freedom of action or thought: His instructions gave us plenty of leeway.
- Also called sag. Nautical. the amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading.
- Aeronautics. the amount a plane is blown off its normal course by cross winds.
leeway 近义词
room to move, grow
更多leeway例句
- As new laws are designed to give school districts extra leeway to deny charter schools, learning pods, a component of distance learning, have become a viable alternative to traditional public schools and charter schools.
- Larger productions, like network TV shows, have less leeway since they require more time to shoot.
- As explained above, Kavanaugh appears to be largely indifferent to voting rights, and is willing to give state legislatures a great deal of leeway to disenfranchise voters.
- A police tactic meant to keep officers safer — raiding homes late at night, giving occupants little or no warning — can conflict with “castle doctrine” laws meant to keep homeowners safe by giving them leeway to use deadly force against intruders.
- Secretaries of state, who oversee statewide voting and work with county election officials, have broad leeway to act in ways that can limit or expand the franchise.
- Police are often given great leeway in determining whether or not to use lethal force, and are rarely indicted for doing so.
- Charter schools have leeway over their calendar, curriculum, and who they hire and fire.
- Federal judges are afforded a great deal of leeway by the legal system due to the difficulty of removing them from office.
- Now that the world is set, it gives us some leeway to have fun with the story and characters.
- The results could be a gravely weakened Rouhani, stripped of the leeway in talks that he currently enjoys.
- Such a contrivance helps to improve the leeway of so shallow a boat, although not proportionately to the area immersed.
- Mollett's theory is that it is better to cut away every inch of deadwood which is not absolutely necessary for preventing leeway.
- "She's makin' leeway the best I can do," came back from Skipper Zeb.
- I suppose,” he said presently, “you have made ample allowance for leeway, and for our drift while hove-to?
- We were marching a little to the east of the wind, and the sledge was continually blown sideways, making considerable leeway.