1·In Italy, too, the gap between Italy's wealthy north and the lagging Mezzogiorno in the south has also narrowed over time, thanks in part to large fiscal transfers.
同样，在意大利，富庶的北部地区与落后的南方地区之间的差距也在减少，这与财政的大力支持密不可分。
2·Worry about Brazil's lagging education system is becoming more widespread.
越来越多人已在担忧巴西落后的教育制度。
3·Chinese automakers, emboldened by the strength of domestic sales, spent last year shopping for distressed foreign auto assets to improve their still lagging design and technology capabilities.
在国内销售强劲的鼓舞下，中国汽车制造商去年一直在寻求收购陷入困境的外国汽车资产，以提高自身仍然落后的设计和技术能力。
4·Avoiding famine will depend on a vast expansion of Africa's lagging agricultural productivity.
想要避免饥荒，首先应当提升非洲落后的农业生产力。
5·Wilmington is still very risky — its recovery seems to be lagging some similarly constructed Banks — but the bank's July 23 earnings report definitely showed signs that it was catching up.
威明顿信托的风险还是很大——它的复苏看来和某些和它结构相同的银行一样落后——可是银行7月23日公布的业绩报告确实有迎头赶上的迹象。