柯林斯詞典breathing space (breathing spaces) 1. N-VAR A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one. (兩項活動之間的) 喘息時間 Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover. 各公司要複囌就需要個喘息時間。 We hope that it will give us some breathing space. 我們希望它能給我們些喘息時間。 返回 breathing space劍橋詞典a period of rest in order to increase strength or give you more time to think about what to do next 休整時期；考慮的時間 I wanted a little breathing space between jobs . 上一份工作結(jié)束後，我需要短暫休整一下再開始下一份工作。 The court's decision gave us some breathing space . 法庭的裁決給了我們一段休整期。 返回 breathing space