lag
verb- [intransitive] lag (behind somebody/something) | lag (behind)
to move or develop slowly or more slowly than other people, organizations, etc. 缓慢移动；发展缓慢；滞后；落后于 The little boy lagged behind his parents. 那小男孩落在了父母的后面。 We still lag far behind many of our competitors in using modern technology. 我们在运用现代技术方面仍然远远落后于我们的许多竞争对手。
Extra ExamplesCatering salaries lag far behind those of other sectors. 餐饮业的工资远远落后于其他行业。 She did well in her first year at school but then started to lag behind. 她在校第一年成绩很好，但后来就开始落后了。 The Tories are still lagging way behind in the opinion polls. 保守党在民意测验中仍远远落在后面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- seriously
- well
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- behind
- lag far behind (somebody/something)
- lag way behind (somebody/something)
- lag well behind (somebody/something)
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- [transitive] lag something (with something) (British English)
to cover pipes, etc. with a special material to stop the water in them from freezing, or to stop heat from escaping 给（管道等）加防冻保暖层
Word Originverb sense 1 early 16th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘hindmost person in a game, race, etc.’, also ‘dregs’): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga ‘go slowly’). verb sense 2 late 19th cent.: from earlier lag ‘piece of insulating cover’.