It does not mean accepting the lowest common denominator or clinging to outmoded ideas out of apathy or fear.

也不意味着要刻意迎合大众口味，或是因冷漠或恐惧而抱住落后想法不撒手。

US adults did worse than adults in 18 countries.

美国人表现落后于18个国家人。

Loosening these rules would help to revive the ailing manufacturing sector.

放宽这些规定将帮助复兴落后制造业。

Until the 1980s Qatar was little more than a sandy backwater.

在九十代之前，卡塔尔基本上只能说是一片落后多沙地带。

The reason why the British students fall behind - it's their attitude.

英国学生落后原因，在于他们态度。

This did not condemn them to eternal backwardness.

这倒不是说言永远是落后。

A vast number of other public-sector entities, some of them decrepit, often create bottlenecks.

大量其他公有制经济份经常为经济发展制造瓶颈，其中不乏落后垂死公司产业。

Mississippi, often behind in social policy, has set an example here.

经常在社会政落后密西西比州在这里树立了榜样。

These woes fit a longer-running pattern of Latin America falling behind.

这些困境符合拉美洲长期落后模式。

Test scores after the pandemic show just how behind students are.

疫情过后考试绩显示出学生落后程度。

We are in one of the poorer areas in the nation, right?

我们地区是全国较落后地，是不是吗？

Sometimes a candidate pulls away from the pack and becomes the clear favorite.

有时，某个候选人会从落后位置赶超，为最热门（the clear favorite）候选人。

Not good, to be honest… We're way behind our forecasts.

老实说并不好。我们远远落后于我们预期。

Yet East Germans faith in their government is also shaken, reflection of lagging economic prosperity.

德国东部对其政府信任也遭受冲击，从其落后经济发展便可见一斑。

This aims to help poor countries curb their emissions and adapt to global warming.

这项基金目在于帮助经济落后国家控制二氧化碳排放量以及适应全球变暖。

Ten-year-old girls in many poor countries face the risk of being married off.

许多生活在落后国家10岁女孩还临着早婚窘境。

What do you say to people who say it's over budget and behind schedule.

对于那些说它超出预算、落后于计划人，你会怎么说？

And I kind of like the idea of being a little bit behind.

而我有点喜欢落后一点感觉。

“Anytime after sunset should be fine” to see the moon, he said.

“日落后任何时间都适合”观赏超级月亮，他说。

The building collapsed in Huruma, a crowded but poor neighborhood in Kenya’s capital.

坍塌事故楼位于内罗毕附近人口密集、经济落后胡玛地区。