elbowroom

Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.

相反，欧洲似乎处处挤满了人，历史上，它也受限于缺乏足够空间的大陆。

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needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively;

进行有效谈判所必需的时机；

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it is important that a system have sufficient elbowroom in the space of possibilities to wander in places we don't expect.

一个系统在可能性的空间要有充分的活动余地，可以游荡到出乎我们意料之外的地方，这很重要。

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