Western banks still lag behind financial institutions in most other regions of the country.

西部地区的银行仍然落后于这个国家其他大部分地区的金融机构。

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In the developed world, women lag behind men in pay and political power.

在发达国家，女性在薪酬和政治权力方面落后于男性。

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This means that if someone eats too quickly, the signals will lag behind, leading to over-eating.

这也就意味着，如果你吃得太快的话，这一信号将被大大延迟，这将导致你吃得更多。

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

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"The same problems exist in developing countries, but the institutional development of regulatory agencies lag behind.

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The lag behind India and China in economic indicators is reducing.

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There's a chance those numbers could be revised upwards, but the country will still clearly lag behind the euro zone, and behind France and Germany in particular.

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The GE engine tended to lag behind the Pratt engine in safety and reliability.

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