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单词 laggard
释义 lag·gard
I. \ˈlagə(r)d, ˈlaag-, ˈlaig-\ adjective
Etymology: lag (I) + -ard (n. suffix)
: lagging or tending to lag : slow or relatively slow to act, move, follow, or respond : backward, behindhand, dilatory, sluggish
 < has been very laggard about erecting the sound substance of a continental defense — R.E.Lapp >
 < laggard payments … will always be with us — T.A.Sumberg >
 < the laggard speed of sound — C.G.Burke >
 < entering, with laggard foot — Hugh Walpole >
Synonyms: see slow
II. noun
(-s)
: one that lags : loiterer, lingerer
 < laggards who detain us on our course — Times Literary Supplement >
 < swift to perceive an opportunity and no laggard in profiting by it — S.H.Adams >
 < when a herd does stampede, it is usually the leaders and the laggards that are caught — James Stevenson-Hamilton >
 < of all sciences, aesthetic has been the greatest laggard — Roger Fry >
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