[每日] laggard (a) 落後的
Word of the Day (Monday December 22, 2008)
laggard \LAG-erd\, adjective, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/4f5f1
1. a person or thing that moves too slowly or falls behind
adjective:
1. falling behind; slow
Michael Greve adds an additional consideration: "Experimentation
is quite probably preferable to a federal 'reform' that might get
it wrong, rob the reform states of their just rewards, and
discourage laggard states from experimenting with their own,
possibly more effective reforms."
-- National Review Online, 12/20/2004
Microsoft claims hundreds of millions of Web e-mail and instant
messenger users, but is still seen as a laggard when it comes to
understanding the Internet.
-- Associated Press, The Arizona Republic, 11/12/2008
Early adopters would be on the left, the big bulge in the middle
is the majority in the middle or the mainstream and the laggards
are all the way on the right.
-- Dr. Grupta, CNN.com, 9/10/2007
by 1702, from lag (v.) + -ard
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