elbow room

1. N-UNCOUNT Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation. (在某種情況下做想做某事或必須做某事的)自由度[非正式]

His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room. 他的演講旨在為自己爭取更大的政治自由度。

2. N-UNCOUNT If there is enough elbow room in a place or vehicle, it is not too small or too crowded. 活動空間[非正式]

There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe. “斯奈普”戰(zhàn)斗機的駕駛艙內沒有太多的活動空間。