Or it may suggest that there is a lag in the impact and we will just have to wait out the end of 2011 before we can determine what has really happened.

或者，它可能意味着这种影响会滞后，我们将只能等待到2011年底才能决定到底发生了什么。

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To be sure, there is a lag in the process, but a process more immediately responsive to the people’s will might have ousted Lincoln and Washington in their unpopular moments.

毫无疑问，这一程序存在着一定的滞后，但是，另一种对民意反应更为迅速的程序也许会将暂时不得人心的林肯和华盛顿逐出历史舞台。

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The Center on Education Policy cites data showing that boys lag girls in reading in every American state.

教育政策中心引用的数据显示，美国各州的男孩在阅读方面落后于女孩。

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And the U.S. and the 16 nation Eurozone can expect modest but continued expansion even as job growth continues to lag in the new year.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Despite signs of a gradually improving economy, job growth continues to lag in the U.S.Unemployment remains high at 10 percent after the economy shed another U.S.Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue says the reason is obvious: uncertainty is causing large and small businesses to think twice before hiring new workers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Economists have long assumed that job creation would lag behind overall improvement of economic conditions in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

One compelling story about the continued lag in the housing market is one of overabundance.

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PepsiCo is growing its footprint in China, as business continues to lag in the West.

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The one-year lag in the numbers is typically how the federal government crunches and releases health care spending data.

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