laggard
英英釋義：a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others
例句：This cut-throat contest is not for losers and laggards.
2. 為什么選這個詞蘸鲸？
“l(fā)aggard”是可數(shù)名詞，意思是“落后者”报咳，從動詞 lag（落后）衍生而來凌彬。這個詞是《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》的常客最楷，可以指一個人整份、一家公司、一支球隊籽孙、一個國家烈评。來看幾個例句。
這項比賽競爭激烈犯建，不適合失敗者和落后者讲冠，就可以說：
This cut-throat contest is not for losers and laggards.
中國男足一直落后，讓很多國人覺得非常尷尬适瓦，我們就可以說：
The Chinese national football team has long been a laggard, an embarrassment to many Chinese.
來看看《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》文章中用到的幾處 laggard：
a) Britain’s economy has gone from a leader to a laggard internationally, as GDP growth has slowed sharply.
想表達(dá)“從領(lǐng)頭羊變成了落后者”就可以直接用“go from a leader to a laggard”這一表達(dá)竿开。
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.
這句中谱仪，注意 growth 雖然是名詞，但也可以用來修飾 laggard否彩。這個用法在有的字典中查不到疯攒，不過在地道英文中還是可以看到的。我們在閱讀中可以多注意積累類似的名詞作修飾語的用法列荔。
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞敬尺？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
這個國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)一度落后，不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始迎頭趕上了贴浙。
Once a laggard, the economy of this country is starting to catch up.
（參考翻譯：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.）
2.Once a laggard, he start to study hard to catch up his classmates.
