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拖后腿

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2019-04-09 10:18:09China Daily Editor : Mo Hong'e ECNS App Download

"拖后腿”,是一个汉语俗语,也可称作“拉后腿、扯后腿”,字面意思是“drag somebody's feet”,“拖”表示“拖累,阻碍(encumber)”。

“拖后腿”用来比喻“牵制、阻挠别人或事物使不得前进(impede, be a drag on somebody/sth)”,常见用法为“拖某人的后腿(hold somebody back)”;也可以表示“拉低平均水平(pull the average down)”。 

例句: 

如果你不能按时完成你的任务,你就会拖我们大家的后腿。

If you could not fulfill your task on time, you would be a drag on all of us.

拖企业的后腿

Be a hindrance to production

 

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