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

• There were some who believed that a breathing space from structural reform was required after the Koizumi administration.
  一些人认为，小泉政府当政期后，应有一段停止结构性改革的休息期。
• A return to growth might give Europe some breathing space and head off the chance of political disaster.
  回归增长可能会给欧洲带来一些喘息的空间，并阻断政治灾难的出现。
• But tough IMF conditions will help, and with breathing space they can pace the cuts so growth can return sooner.
  但严苛的imf附加条件将会有所帮助，并且，在有了喘息时间的情况下，它们可以调整减债步伐，以推动经济早日恢复增长。
• In Asia, says Prof Chan, the crisis has simply given financial educators and trainers a breathing space.
  陈家乐教授表示，在亚洲，此次危机让金融教育者和培训者获得一个喘息的空间。
• Both the US and the eurozone seem, for now, to be between crises. Investors should use this breathing space to study the bigger picture.
  美国与欧元区似乎都暂时渡过了危机。投资者应利用这一喘息之机，研究一下更宏观的局势。
• 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。
• 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。
• This way, the garbage collector will obtain more breathing space, decreasing the probability of a full GC.
  通过这种方式，垃圾收集器将获得更多空间并减少完全GC的可能性。
• The outer boulevard is their breathing space; the suburbs belong to them.
  城外的林荫路是他们呼吸的地方，郊野是他们的天地。
• 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。