leave room”可不是让你“离开房间”

leave room (for)

留有余地

room：空间(余地)            

作不可数名词使用，前面不能加the             

Always leave room for disappointment.             

永远不要太理想化。/ 给失望留些余地。 

Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.

抓住每一次机会,不给自己留下后悔的可能。

make room for

腾出地方

room：空间，不可数名词 

How can we make room for all the furniture?

我们怎么腾得出地方放这些家具呢？

To make room for cities, a lot of forests and grassland were destroyed.

为了留出空间建设城市，许多的森林和草原遭到了破坏。

leave the room

离开房间

room:房间

是可数名词，前面可以加冠词

He asked permission to leave the room.

他请求离开房间。

She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly.

她感到一阵惊慌，但是强迫自己镇静地离开了房间。

（the）living room

客厅，起居室

He was flipping through a magazine in the living room.

他在起居室里快速翻阅一本杂志。

We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.

我们那时正坐在起居室的沙发上看电视。

也可以说成sitting room

还有很多类似的短语:

rest room / washing room  洗手间

bathroom      浴室

dining room   餐厅

bedroom       卧室

classroom     教室

delivery room

产房

delivery除了指“交货、递送”

还有“分娩”之意。如：

an easy/difficult delivery 

顺产/难产

We'll send her to the delivery room for further observation.

我们想把她送到产房进一步观察。

Mary, wheeling her bassinet, entered the delivery room.

玛丽推着婴儿车走进了产房。

dressing room / fitting room

试衣间

前者可理解为更衣室、化妆间；

后者多指服装店的试衣间

The fitting room is over there. Follow me, please.

试衣间在那边，请跟我来。

Waiting time for fitting room affects your perception of the service quality.

等候使用试衣间的时间影响你对服务质量的看法。