leeway

a. 活动余地

Ten days should be a big enough leeway to allow for delays.

把耽搁考虑在内，增加十天时间是绰绰有余的了。

For several years more foreign cars have been sold in Britain than British ones; the government is now being asked to limit the sales of foreign cars to give British companies a chance to make up leeway.

几年来，外国轿车在英国的销量一直比英国的大；英国公司正在要求其政府对外国（进口）轿车的销售加以限制，以便给它们一个迎头赶上的机会。