/'li:weɪ; `li,we/
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, 但并没有什么回旋余地.
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.

n[U]
freedom to do things in the way you want to
leeway in
　The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy.
leeway to do sth
　Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions.
make up leeway
BrE 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
　We've got quite a lot of leeway to make up.