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单词 breathing space
释义
breathing space
noun[CorU]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/us
/ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌspeɪs/
(USusuallybreathing room)
aperiodofrestinordertoincreasestrengthor give you moretimetothinkabout what to do next:
休整时期；考虑的时间
Iwanteda littlebreathingspacebetweenjobs.上一份工作结束后，我需要短暂休整一下再开始下一份工作。
The court'sdecisiongave us somebreathingspace.法庭的裁决给了我们一段休整期。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • anywhere
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  • bum around
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  • lie around
  • moribund
  • navel
  • non-physical
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(Definition ofbreathing spacefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

breathing space| Business English

breathing space
noun[UorS]
uk
us
(USalsobreathing room)
aperiodofrestfrom abusyordifficultsituationinorderto getyourenergyback or give you moretimetothinkabout what to do next:
Troubledcompanieshave a 28-daybreathingspacein which they canreorganisetheiraffairs.
allow/give sb some breathing spaceThechangeofdategives the twosidessomebreathingspacetostrikea lastminutedeal.
(Definition ofbreathing spacefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbreathing space

breathing space
Thebreathingspaceprovided by the 1950s was nevertheless sufficient.
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It is through controlling our private environment that we are able to have "breathingspace" from the challenges presented by interaction with other people.
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I do not feel the lack of anything in this introduction except forbreathingspace; it is very terse and condensed.
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The second theme, havingbreathingspacein suffering, provided an opportunity to recover balance in life when intense suffering abated.
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The town's claim of dominion had in effect provided them with an importantbreathingspaceand allowed them to retain land and water resources and maintain their way of life.
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All in all, this gave the government somebreathingspaceto develop a new policy package as regards incomes policy for the (semi-) public sector.
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Patients oscillate between being in intense suffering and havingbreathingspacein this suffering, which somewhat opposes the traditional picture of a continuous linear deterioration.
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In our study, acquiringbreathingspacein suffering included being happy and harmonious and provided an opportunity to reflect on existential issues.
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Culture, tradition, and outworn customs have relegated her to a dark corner, and therefore her life in the city gives her visibility and abreathingspace.
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In the present study, havingbreathingspacein suffering afforded patients time and the strength necessary to prepare themselves and the family for the forthcoming death.
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After all the attention given to the electronic highway, the focusing of attention on the social aspects brought abreathingspace.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The purpose of the scheme was to provide abreathingspacefor the industry to take time to perform that very task.
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I seek abreathingspacethrough the new clause so that the alternative view might be put more effectively.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It will give them abreathingspaceuntil a more elaborate and more comprehensive code of landlord and tenant law comes in to being.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But abreathingspaceis of no value whatsoever if nothing comes out of it except hot air.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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