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 leeway ['li:wei]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 风压差, 风压角, 可容许的误差, 余地



    leeway
    [ noun ]
    1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

      2. <noun.process>
    2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

      3. <noun.attribute>


    Leeway \Lee"way`\ (l[=e]"w[=a]`), n. (Naut.)
    The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course;
    drift.

    1. The report indicated inflation was being held in check, giving the Fed more leeway to ease rates without fanning the fires of inflation.
    2. Gave federal agencies more leeway in dealing with labor unions representing their employees, and _Rejected a challenge to New York City's rent control law.
    3. Wall said that even advocates of very tough capital rules believe regulators ought to have the leeway to allow undercapitalized S&Ls to continue operating provided they are profitable, have competent managers and stick to a plan to increase their capital.
    4. A spokesman for United said "we don't expect this to affect traffic" volume, because business travelers have less leeway in their travel plans.
    5. The brief makes roughly the same argument the government made last week in a brief urging more leeway for states to restrict abortions.
    6. The RSC has this 12 months' leeway. Heralded at the time as the biggest arts sponsorship ever, the link has undoubtedly helped both parties, but especially RI, which has raised its profile and had marvellous entertainment opportunities.
    7. More leeway for developing countries.
    8. Voters were considering a statewide ballot issue that would allow counties to impose an income tax. The idea is to give local authorities leeway to lower property taxes, but the measure has stirred strong opposition.
    9. Because inflation is abating in the U.S., economists say the Fed has leeway to ease again to bolster the recovering economy.
    10. The Probe model has generated strong consumer demand, which Ford apparently feels gives it the leeway to raise prices.
    11. Banks will probably give the venerable law firm leeway in paying off the loans, Mr. Greer added.
    12. That takes away leeway the Pentagon wanted, but the administration is not insisting.
    13. Senate intelligence chiefs Boren and Cohen agree with the White House to loosen the rules; CIA agents stand to gain broad leeway to work with rebels, even if a coup might endanger Noriega's life.
    14. However, he would lose such leeway if this provision becomes law.
    15. The department also proposed reducing its oversight of defense contractors as a cost-saving measure and called on Congress to give the Pentagon more leeway in managing its budget.
    16. The congressman said hewing to the budget agreement would be the best thing Congress and the Bush administration could do to give the Fed leeway to cut rates.
    17. Legal scholars note that states have long been given much leeway to regulate access to their ballots.
    18. That may leave a lot of leeway for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifland to decide what, if anything, the pilots actually collect.
    19. "The government is giving itself some leeway," said Ernie McKnight, an executive of Scottish Amicable Investment Managers, a big B.A.T holder.
    20. The concern is seeking the same sort of leeway for its big T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund, whose shareholders will soon be asked to approve the fund's use of futures on foreign stock-indexes.
    21. They have avoided using the extra leeway to drift down against the D-Mark within the wider bands. Another reason for prudence is the need to rebuild foreign exchange reserves depleted in July's unsuccessful defence of ERM parities.
    22. At the end of each meeting, the members make two decisions: whether to alter the federal funds rate immediately and how much leeway to give the chairman in the weeks before they meet again.
    23. That struggle has taken on increased intensity since the Supreme Court last summer gave states more leeway to regulate abortions, and proponents of abortion rights won key elections last week in Virginia and New Jersey.
    24. Critics say companies with heavy debts can go bust when interest rates rise and also have less leeway to spend money on research and development.
    25. An appeals court decision that gave shareholders broad leeway to file securities-fraud lawsuits was left intact by the Supreme Court.
    26. Gorbachev's efforts to decentralize decision-making would give more farm managers the leeway that Victory Collective Farm officials have had to try new ideas and adapt to local conditions that central planners in the Moscow bureaucracy can't anticipate.
    27. Now it is up to the new rulers in Eastern Europe to decide on a question that the traditional democracies historically have had difficulty with: How much leeway should be given to non-democratic forces in a democratic country.
    28. That gave investors some hope that the Federal Reserve would see more leeway to relax its credit policy in the near future, promoting lower interest rates.
    29. Both sides had believed there could be five votes among the court's nine members willing to give states more leeway in regulating abortion.
    30. Some pointed to a loophole in the law that would give lawmakers the leeway of 10 legislative days to undo the automatic cuts, and substitute a legislated package.
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