| 单词 | lag |
| 释义 | lag (læg ) Word forms: lags , lagging , lagged 1. verb If one thing or person lags behind another thing or person, their progress is slower than that of the other. Britain still lags behind most of Europe in its provisions for women who want time off to have babies. [V + behind] The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind. [V + behind] He now lags 10 points behind the champion. [V amount + behind] They are lagging a point behind their rivals. [VERB amount] Hague was lagging badly in the polls. [VERB] 2. countable noun A time lag or a lag of a particular length of time is a period of time between one event and another related event. The result of this lack of facilities is a time lag between arrest and trial in most of these cases. [+ between] Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months. [+ of] 3. verb If you lag the inside of a roof, a pipe, or a water tank, you cover it with a special material in order to prevent heat escaping from it or to prevent it from freezing. [mainly British] If you have to take the floorboards up, take the opportunity to lag any pipes at the same time. [VERB noun] Water tanks should be well lagged and the roof well insulated. [be VERB-ed] 4. See also lagging Collocations: lag effect While both commodities have fallen this year, the company still suffers from a lag effect of the higher prices in 2006. Times, Sunday Times After the sun sets and the temperature drops, the warm wall will then continue to transfer heat to the interior for several hours due to the time lag effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the moment, however, it may be adding to productivity problems 'due to adoption barriers and lag effects as well as transition costs'. Times, Sunday Times Signals are often generated through a contrarian mean-reversion principle but can also be designed using such factors as lead/lag effects, corporate activity, short-term momentum, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The figures sometimes lag the market because of the delay between property sales and official registration. Times, Sunday Times But they will always lag the market after charges. Times, Sunday Times But growing numbers of investors have become tired of paying high fees to lousy fund managers who consistently lag the markets. Times, Sunday Times As a result, pharmaceutical stocks have lagged the market. Times, Sunday Times New buyer registrations were up by 32 per cent annually as confidence levels rose, but instructions from house sellers were still lagging the market. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 落后 Japanese: 遅れ |
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