stragglers
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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掉队者;落伍者;拖后腿的人
The stragglers are the people in a group who are moving more slowly or making less progress than the others.
例句
There were two stragglers twenty yards back...
两名掉队者落后了 20 码。
Any straggler that fell behind or got lost in the darkness was easy prey for the enemy.
任何在黑暗中落伍或走失的掉队者都很容易成为敌人的攻击目标。
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(某项活动中)留到最后的人
The stragglers at an event such as a party are the people who are still there after most of the other people have left.
例句
...round about two o'clock in the morning when there were only a few stragglers left.
大约在凌晨两点钟只剩下几个人时