| 单词 | laggard |
| 释义 | laggard noun[C] old-fashioneduk/ˈlæɡ.əd/us/ˈlæɡ.ɚd/someone or something that is veryslow 行动迟缓的人；缓慢移动的事物Slow and moving slowly
laggard| Business Englishlaggard noun[C] uk/ˈlæɡəd/usacompany,organization, etc. that does somethinglater, orimproveslessquickly, thanothers: Mexico,longa laggard infinancialreform, is at last puttingitsbanksinorder. Steelcompaniesare stillconsideredlaggardscomparedtohigh-techmanufacturers. MARKETING someone whobuysaproductat a muchlaterdatethan mostpeople: Iconfessto being a laggard over thisformoftax-freeinvesting. The lastremaininglaggards have nowboughtmobilephones. Compare early adopter Examplesoflaggardlaggard How could an agency so quickly transform from a leading light of public administration into alaggard? From theCambridge English Corpus Although owners tried to force the laggards to pay their debts, there were two factors working against them. From theCambridge English Corpus Significant environmental gains look to be achievable simply by moving environmental laggards toward the policy approaches of those at the top of the performance ladder. From theCambridge English Corpus Those who are slowest to adopt are called laggards. From theCambridge English Corpus The international uncontrolled leakage and spillover of technological knowledge would benefit the technological strategy oflaggardcountries, based upon fast imitation and re-engineering. From theCambridge English Corpus And, like a wartime convoy of ships, the mission is not complete until the slowest (author) arrives (produces his/her text), unless the laggards are abandoned. From theCambridge English Corpus This type of benchmarking can be seen as leading to a subjective perceived sense of urgency, where countries that have not adopted reforms 'learn' they are laggards. From theCambridge English Corpus To put it simply, the good performers are being penalised while the laggards are being rewarded. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English But wherever opportunity has arisen we have not beenlaggardin playing our part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All that we hear about is legislation to compel the laggards to come up to the standard of the good authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he bring that home to thelaggardauthorities? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many railways have adopted this scheme, but there are, unfortunately, other railways that are laggards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We may have been in the negotiations and the discussions, but we have been the laggards rather than the leaders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is thelaggardwith whom we are concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am pressing the laggards to improve their performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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