这项比赛竞争激烈,不适合失败者和落后者,就可以说: This cut-throat contest is not for losers and laggards.
中国男足一直落后,让很多国人觉得非常尴尬,我们就可以说: The Chinese national football team has long been a laggard, an embarrassment to many Chinese.
来看看《经济学人》文章中用到的几处 laggard:
a) Britain’s economy has gone from a leader to a laggard internationally, as GDP growth has slowed sharply. 想表达“从领头羊变成了落后者”就可以直接用“go from a leader to a laggard”这一表达。
b) Indeed, half a millennium ago Europe might justly have been considered a laggard.
c) On its current path, the country will remain a growth laggard. 这句中,注意 growth 虽然是名词,但也可以用来修饰 laggard。这个用法在有的字典中查不到,不过在地道英文中还是可以看到的。我们在阅读中可以多注意积累类似的名词作修饰语的用法。
3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子: 这个国家的经济一度落后,不过现在已经开始迎头赶上了。
(参考翻译:Once a laggard, the economy of this country is starting to catch up. 或 Long a laggard, this country's economy is beginning to pick up.)
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