"straggler" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 掉队者
• 落后者

Definition

straggler 指掉队或落后于主队的人、动物或事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常为非正式用语，常在团队活动、行走或奔跑时用来形容掉队者。可指人、动物或物品。含义通常不是故意掉队，而是因为跟不上。

Examples

The last straggler finished the race after everyone else.

最后一个**掉队者**在所有人之后完成了比赛。

We waited for the stragglers to catch up before leaving.

我们等着**掉队者**赶上来才离开。

There are always a few stragglers on school trips.

学校旅行总会有一些**落后者**。

Don’t worry about the stragglers—they’ll find us eventually.

别担心那些**掉队者**——他们最终会找到我们的。

Some hikers became stragglers when the path got steep.

有些徒步者在小路变陡时变成了**掉队者**。

At the end of the night, the bar was just a few stragglers finishing their drinks.

到了夜晚结束时，酒吧里只剩下几位在喝完饮料的**落后者**。