breathing space

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs]
• 美式音标 [ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 喘气的机会；休息时间或空间

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Mr Cameron must focus on them, beginning with the breathing space the economy needs and his government can afford.
  他应专注于此，以给经济所需要的，而且他的政府可以承担的自由空间为契机。
• But Ireland does have some breathing space: it doesn't need to borrow from the bond markets until early next year as it has enough cash to cover immediate needs.
  但是爱尔兰的确还有一些喘息的空间：由于它有足够的现金来满足当前的需要，因此在明年早些时候之前，它无需从债券市场借贷。
• But Israel would gain some breathing space and force Hamas to prove it can actually govern and maintain stability in Gaza rather than heap blame entirely on Israel.
  而以色列将获得一些呼吸的空间以及迫使哈马斯证实自己能够管理并维持加沙的稳定，而不是把所有的责难都加在以色列身上。

原声例句

• "I think the position of providing a middle ground for President Bashir, not denying the ICC decision, but asking for it to be postponed, and giving Bashir some breathing space is a way for the regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to indicate that they do have a position independent from the West,".

权威例句

• However, the domestic carmakers were in no position to take advantage of the breathing space.
  ECONOMIST: Theme and variations

词组短语

短语

• Breathing in space 在太空呼吸
• the breathing space 喘息的机会
• get a breathing space 指短时的休息放松
• To get a Breathing space 缓一口气
• Intervention 's crushed her breathing space 入侵者挤压着她的呼吸空间

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a period of rest in order to increase strength or give you more time to think about what to do next

柯林斯英英字典

• A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.