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单词 elbow room
释义
elbow room
noun[U]
uk
/ˈel.bəʊ ˌruːm/us
/ˈel.boʊ ˌruːm/
spacetomovearound in:
活动余地，活动空间
We weretightlysquashedin atdinner, with very littleelbowroom.吃晚饭时，我们一个紧挨一个在餐桌旁就坐，挤得几乎一点空都没有。
freedomto do what youwant:
行动的自由
At first themanagementgave the newdirectorplenty ofelbowroom.最初，管理层给了新主管足够的自主行事空间。
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(Definition ofelbow roomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

elbow room| American Dictionary

elbow room
noun[U]
spacein which tomovearound:
With fivepeoplein my littlecar, there won’t be enough elbow room.
(Definition ofelbow roomfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelbow room

elbow room
Elbowroom: the varieties of free will worth wanting.
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For example, the second slot of a binary onset has significantly less distributionalelbowroomthan its sister position.
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It will give them moreelbowroomand greater chances for the re-adaptation and modernisation of the industry than would otherwise be the case.
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There should beelbowroomin order to permit the making of satisfactory arrangements as regards the transfer of services.
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They haveelbowroomand elasticity for children in primary and secondary schools.
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Perhaps we were too tough and did not give the railways enough financialelbowroom.
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They may scion be forgotten in the struggle for power, forelbowroom.
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There is noelbowroomin budgets of this kind and these budgets on which many millions of our people live.
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It would not lengthen the election, but it would give moreelbowroomfor registration officers and candidates than they will have under these proposals.
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Their claim is forelbowroomby which they hope to attain economic self-sufficiency.
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Therefore, this discretionary power of "may" release, which is intended to allowelbowroomover time and circumstances—and nothing else—is the best we can do.
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Of course, they need moreelbowroomin the balance of payments.
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They say that they have done it because the economy must haveelbowroom, because we must have mobility of labour.
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One of the greatest difficulties about the final agreement on the bases was how muchelbowroomdid we require.
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Further, judges have noelbowroomwithin which to exercise their private discretion.
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