LAG | Learn English Vocabulary Meaning, Grammar, and Usage in Example English Sentences

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther. 

大家好。我是埃丝特。

And in this video, I want to talk  with you about the word ‘lag’. 

在这个视频中，我想和大家谈谈“滞后”这个词。

Now ‘lag’ means to do something very slowly, or to be very slow, okay. 

现在“滞后”的意思是非常缓慢地做某事，或者非常缓慢，好吧。

So the word ‘lag’ is up here on the board. Now, the pronunciation - it's hard I know 

所以“滞后”这个词出现在黑板上。现在，发音——我知道这很难，

but you have to try and practice ‘lag’ 

但你必须尝试练习“lag”

‘lag’ Okay. 

“lag”好吧。

So let's look at these examples.

让我们看看这些例子。

“She's lagging .”

“她落后了。”

“She's lagging.”

“她落后了。”

This means she's taking a long time to do something.

这意味着她要花很长时间来做某事。

She's doing something very slowly.

她正在非常缓慢地做某事。

“She's lagging.”

“她落后了。”

The next one is, “Stop lagging.”

下一个是“别再落后了”。

“Stop lagging.”

“别再落后了。”

You're telling somebody hurry up. Stop being slow. 

你告诉某人快点。别再慢了。

Okay. The next one is a very common problem. 

好的。下一个是一个非常常见的问题。

“My computer is lagging.”

“我的电脑速度很慢。”

“My computer is lagging.”

“我的电脑速度很慢。”

That means my computer is slow.

这意味着我的电脑速度很慢。

It's slow. I'm trying to do something but it's lagging. It's slow.

很慢。我正在尝试做某事，但它已经滞后了。很慢。

And the last one is,

最后一个是，

“I have jet lag.”

“我有时差反应。”

“I have jet lag.”

“我有时差反应。”

You might hear this a lot especially from people who are travelling.

您可能会经常听到这样的话，尤其是从正在旅行的人那里。

So if you travel around the world, maybe too a far away country

所以如果你环游世界，也许太远的国家

that you're  going to be changing time zones,

你要改变时区，

so the time will be different,

所以时间会不同，

and you'll feel very tired,

你会感觉很累，

your body will feel slow and tired,

你的身体会感觉缓慢和疲倦，

and your body is taking a long time to adjust to the new time zone,

你的身体需要很长时间来适应新的时区，

your body is slow to adjust,

你的身体适应得很慢，

so you have to say, “I have jet lag.”

所以你必须说：“我有时差反应。”

Okay. Let's look at some more examples together. 

好的。让我们一起看一些更多的例子。

Okay. Let's look at a few examples. 

好的。让我们看几个例子。

The first one. “She's always late because she lags.” 

第一个。 “她总是迟到，因为她落后了。”

“She's always late because she lags.” 

“她总是迟到，因为她落后了。”

The next one. “I wish you wouldn't lag so much.” 

下一个。 “我希望你不要落后那么多。”

“I wish you wouldn't lag so much.” 

“我希望你不要落后那么多。”

Next. “I can't  

下一个。 “我无法

open the program because my computer is lagging.” 

打开该程序，因为我的电脑速度很慢。”

“I can't open the program  because my computer is lagging.” 

“我无法打开该程序，因为我的电脑速度很慢。”

The last one. “My jet lag is terrible. I keep falling asleep.” 

最后一个。 “我的时差反应很糟糕。我一直在睡觉。”

“My jet lag is terrible. I keep falling asleep.” 

“我的时差反应很糟糕。我一直在睡觉。”

Okay.

好的。

So in this video we learned that we use the word ‘lag’  to describe an action that is very very slow. 

因此，在这段视频中，我们了解到我们使用“滞后”一词来描述非常非常缓慢的动作。

Now, my best friend is someone who lags a lot.

现在，我最好的朋友是一个落后很多的人。

Whenever we want to do something especially at night,

每当我们想做某事，尤其是在晚上，

she takes almost two hours to get ready.

她都会花近两个小时来准备。

She has to wash her hair or take a shower then put on her makeup,

她必须洗头或洗澡，然后化妆，

you know decide what to wear.

你知道穿什么。

And that can take a very long time.

这可能需要很长时间。

So I always have to say to her “Stop lagging!

所以我总是对她说：“别落后了！

Hurry up! We're late! Stop lagging!” Okay. 

赶快！我们来晚了！别再落后了！”好的。

So next time, if you have a friend or  somebody that's taking a very long time, 

所以下次，如果你有一个朋友或某人花了很长时间，

you can use the word ‘lag’ to say  ‘stop lagging’ ‘hurry up’ okay. 

你可以用“滞后”这个词来说“别再滞后了”“快点”好吗。

Well that's the end. Thank you. 

好了，就这样结束了。谢谢。

Bye.

再见。