Question of the Day #685

While the EU has yet to formally respond, granting the request would provide breathing room for a longer-term solution — and avoid a trade war.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Bloomberg.

上記の文で、breathing roomの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "breathing room" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 一息つける時間、ちょっと休憩できる時間、少し考える時間［猶予］
2. 快適に呼吸できる［身動きしやすい］十分なスペース［空間］

言うまでもなく、問題の意味は１番目の訳です。
breathing spaceということもあります。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary :

1. Sufficient time to prepare for or recover from the pressing difficulties of a situation.
2. Sufficient space to fit or accomplish something.

Examples

• I wanted a little breathing room between jobs.
• The court's decision gave us some breathing room.
• My yearly bonus always affords us a little bit of breathing room for the Christmas expenses.
• Please move back and give us some breathing room here.
• The professor extended the deadline for our midterm papers, so I've got a bit of breathing room to get it finished.

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