(-gg-) [] to grow, increase, develop, etc. more slowly than sb/sth else发展缓慢；滞后；落后于◆Economic growth in Europe has lagged behind the US this year.今年欧洲经济增长落后于美国。◆Demand for the chips doubled, but production lagged far/well behind.对芯片的需求增加了一倍，但是生产远远落后了。◆The company lags Tesco in terms of market share.这公司的市场份额落后于特易购。 [] to grow, increase, etc, more slowly than normal增速放慢◆Business investment continues to lag.商业投资的增长速度继续放缓。◆They continued to open new stores despite lagging sales.尽管销售量增速放慢，但他们仍继续开新店。➡lagging indicator