elbow room

柯林斯詞典

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(zhēng)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(dòng)空間[非正式]
There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe. “斯奈普”戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)的駕駛艙內(nèi)沒(méi)有太多的活動(dòng)空間。