词汇 | lag |
释义 | lag verb uk /læɡ/ us /læɡ/-gg- lagverb (MOVE/REACT SLOWLY)[ I ] to move or make progress so slowly that you are behind other people or things: 缓慢移动;掉队,滞后 He's lagging behind - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.他有点掉队了——我看我们最好等他赶上来。 Sales are lagging at the moment.目前的销售很不景气。 [ I ] If a computer or computer game lags, there is a delay between the user doing something and the computer or game reacting to it: If I try to access any of the folders or files, the computer lags seriously. Why are the games on my laptop suddenly lagging when they ran fine before? Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom float hang around in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour sluggishly sluggishness snail staged steadily struggle wander You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Delaying and wasting time lagverb (COVER)[ T ]UK to cover something with a thick layer of material in order to stop heat from escaping or to stop water from freezing: (为保温而)覆盖,(为防止结冰而)给…加保温层 to lag pipes给管道加保温层 Covering and adding layers additive asphalt bestrew bind blanket blindfold fall over film film over gum gum something up inlaid retread seasoned slap slap something on smother something in/with something spackle tent wax You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Building: construction work & workers lagverb (PRISON)[ T ]Australian Englishinformal to send someone to prison or to arrest someone使入狱,逮捕 Putting people in prison at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom bang someone up bar behind barsidiom bird commit immured imprison imprisonment in custody incarcerate intern lock pen remand someone in custody restraint rot rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom self-surrender stretch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Arresting & charging lag noun uk /læɡ/ us /læɡ/ lagnoun (DELAY)[ C ] a delay between two things happening: (两件事之间的)间隔,延迟 You have to allow for a time lag between order and delivery.订货和送货之间要有一段时间间隔。 [ C or U ] a delay between a user performing an action on a computer or computer game, and the computer or game reacting: Gamers know the slightest lag between a mouse's movements and the action on the PC screen can have serious consequences. You can optimize your Internet connection so you can play online games with less lag. Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick push retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit sit on something spin stall lagnoun (PRISONER)UKold-fashionedinformal a prisoner or a person who has often been a prisoner in the past: 囚犯,犯人;惯犯 an old lag惯犯 People held in prison captive cellmate co-prisoner con convict dead dead man walkingidiom detainee detenu gaolbird hostage inmate internee jailbird lifer political prisoner pow prisoner prisoner of conscience prisoner of war lag | American Dictionarylag verb[ I ] us/læɡ/-gg- to move or advance so slowly that you are behind other people or things: John’s always lagging behind the others in the class. lag noun[ C/U ] us/læɡ/ a delay in the period of time in which events happen: [ C ]There is often a lag between becoming infected and the first signs of the illness. lag | Business Englishlag verb uk /læɡ/us-gg- [ I or T ] to not make as much progress as other people or things: lag behind sb/sthBusiness leaders in the UK still lag behind their European counterparts in foreign language skills. lag well/far behindAs usual we lag far behind the rest of the world in this matter. They continue to lag their competitors in most areas of the business. [ I ] to move or make progress more slowly than usual, or to change later than something else changes: Business had improved considerably after lagging last year. There has been an upturn in business travel, but hotel prices are still lagging. lag noun[ C ] uk /læɡ/us a delay between two things happening: This can mean a lag during construction projects. Sometimes there would be long lag times between responses. See alsotime lag Examples of laglag Thus, the re-polarization of congressional elections lagged behind the polarization of national presidential politics. This time is determined as the cycle at which the number of parasites exceeds the antibody trigger level plus a specified lag time. A potentially more serious problem is that changes in perceptions of corruption may lag reality, if they have anything to do with reality at all. When the lag is three years, it remains on the edge of statistical significance (p 0.053). Consistent with our conjecture, the second lag comes in significantly. Adding more lags would reduce the power of the test significantly. One simply has to add a model containing both lagged output and lagged inflation to the two models considered thus far. All of the children who developed psychiatric conditions had developmental lags of motor function and what she called poor integration of visual - proprioceptive stimuli. Despite recent large increases in the number of organs transplanted from living donors, especially from genetically unrelated volunteers, supply continues to lag far behind demand. This conclusion is reinforced by the finding that lagged employment exerts a negative difference on current wages. Generally, the suggested lag order is two years, although in some cases it extended to three years. Since television coverage is of today's events, no lag structure is introduced for its interaction terms. A plausible hypothesis is that tax compliance lagged, by many years, behind the effect of the administrative tax reforms. The curses and insults uttered by the audience whenever this actor appeared were thus directed against the f lag. This is typical of forest resources, where there is a long lag between regeneration and maturity. See all examples of lag 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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