1. 這是個什么詞么翰？
詞：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？
“l(fā)aggard”是可數(shù)名詞辽旋，意思是“落后者”浩嫌，從動詞 lag（落后）衍生而來。這個詞是《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》的巢古撸客码耐，可以指一個人、一家公司溶其、一支球隊骚腥、一個國家。來看幾個例句握联。
這項比賽競爭激烈桦沉，不適合失敗者和落后者，就可以說：
This cut-throat contest is not for losers and laggards.
中國男足一直落后金闽，讓很多國人覺得非常尷尬纯露，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“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。
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.
這句中代芜，注意 growth 雖然是名詞埠褪，但也可以用來修飾 laggard。這個用法在有的字典中查不到，不過在地道英文中還是可以看到的钞速。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贷掖。
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
這個國家的經(jīng)濟一度落后渴语，不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始迎頭趕上了苹威。
Once a laggard, the economy of this country is starting to catch up.
Long a laggard, this country's economy is beginning to pick 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）結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習驾凶、工作牙甫、興趣等，想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達调违。先簡要描述這個場景窟哺，再造句。
例子： 商業(yè)
場景 ： China’s communicational industry has gone from a laggard to a leader globally now, which becomes a worry for its competitors. In today’s hyperconnected world a threatened ban by Western governments of Huawei makes both Ericsson, a Swedish company, and Nokia, a Finnish one, would prefer the geopolitical saga to end, the better to focus on competing for contracts related to the launch of super-speedy fifth generation 5G mobile-phone networks.
