1FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTfreedom to do things in the way you want to 自主权,自由活动的空间
leeway in
The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy.
政府在外交政策上没有多少回旋余地。
leeway to do something
Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions.
尽量给青少年更多的自由,让他们自己作决定。
2make up leewayBritish EnglishBrEDISADVANTAGE if you have to make up leeway, you have to do extra work because you have not done as much work as you should have done 弥补失去的时间,补做工作
We’ve got quite a lot of leeway to make up.
我们有很多工作要补做。
Examples from the Corpus
leeway• States now have more leeway to restrict the sale of guns.
have ... leeway• With such contradictorymarkers available, those making judgements about the national identity of Berwickers have considerable leeway.• But bureaucratshave scant leeway to exercisejudgment.• Dodging the duesSelf-employed people have more leeway about how much tax they pay.• Most people have considerable leeway as to how they spend their money over and above basicsubsistencerequirements.• She had to have a little leeway, a little permission from him.