breathing space

英 [ˈbriːðɪŋ speɪs]

美 [ˈbriːðɪŋ speɪs]

n.  短暂休息; 喘息时间

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牛津词典

noun

• 短暂休息；喘息时间
  a short rest in the middle of a period of mental or physical effort

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （两项活动之间）喘息的时间
  Abreathing spaceis a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
  1. Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover...
     这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。
  2. We hope that it will give us some breathing space.
     我们希望这能给我们以喘息的机会。

英英释义

noun

• sufficient room for easy breathing or movement
  1. moved to the country to find breathing room
  Synonym:breathing room
• a short respite
  Synonym:breathbreatherbreathing placebreathing spellbreathing time

双语例句

• It is entirely wrong to do without, leave no interval and allow no breathing space.
  不要休整，不要间歇，不要喘一口气，这是完全错误的。
• They provided much-needed breathing space for a country hit by civil war and unrest.
  他们为这个饱受内战和动乱之苦的国家提供了一个极需休养生息的空间。
• In particular alternating a technical change with a cultural change gives breathing space for changes to settle in.
  特别是交替推动技术变革与文化变革为接受这些改变提供了空间。
• He felt he needed a breathing space between school and university and took a year out.
  他觉得在念完中学与上大学之间他需要一段休整期，于是便休学一年。
• We hope that it will give us some breathing space.
  我们希望这能给我们以喘息的机会。
• At any rate, chance had given him some breathing space.
  无论如何，机会给了他一定的喘息空间。
• Spacers were also used to give a little breathing space to the radio buttons.
  间距器还可用于在单选按钮之间安插一点距离。
• This would give banks breathing space to meet capital standards while the housing market stabilised.
  这将给银行带来喘息空间，让它们达到资本金要求，也让房市趋稳。
• It provides a breathing space for other pastures to grow some cover before they are grazed in their turn.
  让其它草场转入放牧之前，有一个喘息时间以长出一些牧草。
• It will give a breathing space for the peasants and, by removing the cause leading to revolt, will unite all forces in finding the way to industrial recovery.
  它将给农民以喘息的机会，排除了引起反叛的原因，才可以团结一切力量寻求工业发展的道路。