elbowroom
英
美
n. （可自由）活动（伸缩）的余地
COCA.39290
双语例句
- You had a need to move forward, a need for some elbowroom, a need to spread your arms wide, a need to be seen as special, unique, different.
你需要向前挪步，需要活动的空间，需要展开你的双臂，需要被认知为特别，有个性，与众不同。 - Needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively;
进行有效谈判所必需的时机； - A teacher should give his students elbowroom.
老师应给学生充裕的学习时间。 - Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.
相反，欧洲似乎处处挤满了人，历史上，它也受限于缺乏足够空间的大陆。