←

latitude

noun
🔊/ˈlætɪtjuːd/
🔊/ˈlætɪtuːd/
jump to other results
  1. (abbreviation lat.)
     [uncountable] the distance of a place north or south of the equator (= the line around the world dividing north and south), measured in degrees 纬度compare longitude
    Wordfinder
    Wordfinder
    Topics Geographyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • northern
    • …
    verb + latitude
    • calculate
    • determine
    phrases
    • a line of latitude
    See full entry
  2. latitudes
     [plural] a region of the world that is a particular distance from the equator纬度地区
    • the northern latitudes北纬地区
    • These birds only survive in temperate latitudes.这些鸟只有在温带才能存活。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • northern
    • …
    verb + latitude
    • calculate
    • determine
    phrases
    • a line of latitude
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] (formal) freedom to choose what you do or the way that you do it选择（做什么事或做事方式）的自由
    • Nowadays, newspapers are allowed considerable latitude in criticizing the government.现在，报纸有相当大的批评政府的言论自由。
    • Some degree of latitude is required in interpreting the law on this point.用法律解释这一点时需要灵活一些。
    synonym liberty see also leeway
    Extra Examples
    • Their managers enjoy wide latitude to make hiring decisions.他们的经理在用人方面享有广泛的自主权。
    • This method allows very little latitude for error.这种方法所允许的误差范围很小。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • great
    • broad
    • …
    … of latitude
    • degree
    verb + latitude
    • allow (somebody)
    • give somebody
    • permit
    • …
    preposition
    • latitude for
    • latitude in
    See full entry
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin latitudo ‘breadth’, from latus ‘broad’.