lagging

1. （覆盖水管、水箱或屋顶内部的）绝热材料，保温材料
   Lagging is special material which is used to cover pipes, water tanks, or the inside of a roof so that heat does not escape from them or so they do not freeze.

1. A poll for the Observer showed Labour on 39 per cent with the Tories lagging a point behind
   《观察家报》一项民意调查显示，工党支持率为39%，保守党落后其1个百分点。
2. Hague was lagging badly in the polls.
   黑格在民意调查中被远远抛在后面。
3. You will not be lagging behind if you work harder.
   你得努点儿力，才不会掉队。
4. The city's service industry is lagging behind.
   该市的服务业发展滞后。
5. The fact remains that we are still lagging behind the other classes in math.
   事实是我们在数学方面仍然比别的班落后。
6. China's social security system is inadequate, lagging far behind those of the developed countries.
   中国的社会保障体系还不完善，与发达国家相比还有很大差距。
7. China's education is still lagging behind to some extent.
   在某种程度上中国的教育依然落后。
8. So demand for fuel is lagging a bit.
   因此，对燃料的需求稍显落后。
9. We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology.
   我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手。
10. Come on, you two, stop lagging behind!
    你们俩快点，别落在后面了！
11. For the domestic ISP enterprises, the existing mode of human resource management is obviously lagging behind.
    现有的人力资源管理模式对国内ISP企业而言已明显滞后。
12. The lagging global economy also is translating into political pressure.
    拖沓的全球经济也给两国领导人增添了不少政治压力。
13. Progress while others are lagging behind.
    当别人落后时我进步。
14. In these areas," not suited "deep-seated reason is that reform is lagging behind.
    这些方面的“不适应”，深层次原因是改革相对滞后。
15. It appeared that I was lagging behind.
    看来我确实是落后了。
16. The fact that therapeutics targeting these signaling pathways are still lagging is not surprising.
    事实上，针对这些信号通路的疗法仍然滞后也就不足为奇了。
17. More recently, it has expanded this programme to fund research teams in80 scientifically lagging countries.
    最近，它还把这个项目加以扩展，从而资助80个科学最落后国家的研究组。
18. But it is relatively lagging behind to be recognized and understood in the field of engineering design.
    近十年来索膜建筑体系在我国有较快的发展，但在工程设计领域对此了解与认识相对滞后。
19. Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race?
    为何美国在国际公共关系的发展中会落后？
20. It cites reform of state owned enterprises and state owned commercial banks as lagging behind other reforms.
    它认为，国有企业和国有商业银行改革滞后于其它方面的改革。
21. He's lagging behind a bit& I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.
    他有点落后了&我想我们最好等他赶上来。
22. First, industrial development is lagging behind, the industrial structure of the contradiction.
    第一，产业发展相对滞后，产业结构性矛盾突出。
23. Fell behind in his studies; their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers.
    他在自己的研究领域里落后了；在竞争消费者方面他们公司落后了。
24. In the contemporary Chinese cultural context, the former's prosperity and the latter's lagging behind have formed a sharp contrast.
    在当代中国的文化语境中，前者的繁荣和后者的滞后形成了鲜明的对比。
25. The authorities have lost control of the situation because they were constantly lagging behind events.
    由于总是落在事件的后面，政府已丧失了对局势的控制。
26. However, the current logistics development is lagging behind, severely restricted the development of e-commerce businesses in China.
    然而，当下物流发展相对滞后，严重制约了我国电子商务企业的发展。
27. Business is lagging behind in that sector.
    那个部门的业务严重落后。
28. Long-tune folk songs related research work is currently lagging behind in the protection of a serious problem.
    长调民歌相关研究工作的滞后是目前保护工作中一个亟待解决的问题。
29. We should also help those lagging behind.
    我们还应当帮助后进的同志。
30. On one, crucial issue, however, private and state companies are lagging behind publicly traded companies.
    然而，关键的问题在于，私有企业和国有企业的发展滞后于上市企业。

noun

1. used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat