lag behind 详细解释

lag behind

落后

落后; 落后于

The supply lags behind the demand.

供不应求。

词形变化

名词: lagger | 动词过去式: lagged | 动词过去分词: lagged | 动词现在分词: lagging | 动词第三人称单数: lags |

词义辨析

同义参见:

creep  

英英释义

名词 lag:

the act of slowing down or falling behind

同义词:slowdown, retardation

the time between one event, process, or period and another

同义词:interim, meantime, meanwhile

one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

同义词:stave

动词 lag:

hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

同义词:dawdle, fall back, fall behind

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

同义词:imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

补充

lag behindlag behind1.落后The lame child lagged behind.那个跛脚的小孩落在后面了。Why is this country lagging behind in the development of space technology?这个国家为什么在航天技术的发展方面落在人家后面?Why does she always lag behind others when we're out for a walk?为什么外出散步时她总落在后面?2.逾期付款If your payments of rent lag behind, you will be asked to leave.如果你不如期交房租, 你就会被赶走。3.落后于Britain's economic development must lag behind that of almost every other industrial nation.英国的经济发展肯定落后于几乎所有的其他的工业国。

例句

1. Boys continued to lag behind girls at school.男孩在学习成绩方面还是不及女孩。 2. Britain can no longer afford to lag behind America.英国不能再落在美国之后了。 3. He now lags 10 points behind the champion.他现在落后冠军10分。 4. He set off briskly, Kate lagging behind.他出发利落, 而凯特则落在了后面。 5. Several players began to lag behind even at the beginning of the race.比赛刚进行就有几名选手落在了后面。 6. We must achieve modernization of science and technology, otherwise we will lag behind other nations.我们必须实现科学技术现代化,否则我们要落后于其他国家。 7. The students were so poor that they always lagged behind with the rent.学生们很穷,他们老拖欠房租。