||1:The prescription for the weaklings is simple: heal thyself.||2:Rather than waiting for America to solve their problems, the laggards should treat the recent spate of bad news as a wake-up call.||3:The ECB should start bond-buying forthwith.||4:The Japanese government should delay the rise in the consumption tax until the economy recovers.||5:Countries that can afford it, notably Germany, should invest in infrastructure.||6:And even America and Britain should be wary, especially over tightening monetary policy too quickly.||7:There is a lot that can go wrong—and they don't want to be dragged back into those woods again.

||1:给疲软经济体的良方很简单：自我医治。||2:与其等待美国帮他们解决问题，他们应该将近年来一连串的坏消息视作警示。||3:欧洲央行应该立即开始买债行动。||4:日本政府应该等到经济复苏之后再提升消费税。||5:实力尚存的国家，尤其是德国，应该投资基础设施建设。||6:即使是美国和应该也应该小心谨慎，特别是不要过早紧缩货币政策。||7:随时都有可能出岔子—他们可不想再重新回到经济衰退的悲惨境地。

||1: He went lightly and purposefully, but with great care. ||2: The mountains he loved so passionately were fickle, and demanded vigilance. ||3: Lithe and smiling, proud of his “boot-shaped” and blister-proof feet, he moved on exposed rock faces with the grace of a dancer and the fearlessness of a boy. ||4: He did things right: tents were dug in with proper snow-walls, supplies stored in well-marked snow-holes, attempts quickly abandoned if tiredness or bad weather struck. ||5: He would never push his luck on mountains, though he himself was never tired, leaping up from a schnapps-heavy evening to pull on his head-torch for a 1am start, and in booming cockney (“Are you climbing, or what?”) encouraging laggards onwards and upwards.

||1:虽然他轻装上阵，目标明确，但也十分小心谨慎。||2:他钟爱那些天气变化莫测需要他打起十二分精神来攀登的山。||3:靠着他引以为傲的“靴子形”长满老茧的脚，只见肢体轻盈，面带笑容的他像一名舞者在裸露的岩石上移来跳去，像个孩子一般无所畏惧。||4:无论是用雪球把帐篷支架敲入地里，把给养裹在有明细标记的雪洞里，还是在身感疲惫或遭遇恶劣天气时的快速全身而退，他总是把事情做得干净利落。||5:他体力超人，既可以一夜之间摆脱醉醺醺的状态投入到凌晨一点攀登中去，又可以鼓励士气，激励那些来自伦敦东区的懒汉继续前行（比如会质问他们：你是来登山的，还是干什么的？）。但即便如此，他也从不对爬山心存侥幸。

Better, the pragmatists think, to strike smaller deals between like-minded members. That could spur laggards onwards:

实用主义者认为，最好是在那些志同道合的成员国中达成小范围的协议。这样会刺激落后者前进：

In the 1960s, Finland had two parallel education systems after primary school; brighter kids went one way, laggards went the other.

1960年代，芬兰人小学毕业后有2套平行的教育系统，聪明一点的走一条路，迟钝一点的走另外一条路。

Sales of the stakes the savings banks hold in Spanish companies and takeovers of laggards by the healthier ones could fund some of that.

出售储蓄银行持有的公司股权和资产更为健康者收购落后者可能为此筹得部分资金。

Even if the laggards are stirring, they still have much to do.

但即便是死气沉沉的市场正向生机勃勃变化，但仍有很多事情要做。

Laggards in other areas must step up as well: America's plan to clean up its banks, for instance, is still inadequate.

而其他领域的滞后现象也要同步跟进：例如美国尚待完善的银行整顿计划。

Even the laggards could clock 20% without breaking a sweat.

即便是落后的投行也能毫不费劲取得20%。

Even the best firms could do more of this, and laggards could copy them, says Mr Sirkin.

即使是最好的公司在这方面也还有进步的空间，而落后的公司效仿这些好公司即可。

The results indicated that nitrobenzene can cause the genetic aberration, such as micro nuclear, chromosomal segments, bridges and laggards .

结果表明，硝基苯能诱发较高频率的微核，并能诱发产生染色体断片、染色体桥、染色体滞留等遗传畸变现象。

Output may shrink 10 per cent this year, making Russia one of the former Soviet bloc's laggards .

今年，俄罗斯的产出可能会萎缩10%，在经济增长方面位居前苏联集团国家的后列。

Sluggish it may be, but the locomotive is on the move again; and the laggards may well be left behind.

尽管法德机车可能有些缓慢，但它毕竟已再次前进；那些落后者很可能被抛在后面。

The federal government is pushing laggards to follow suit.

联邦政府正在推动其他动作迟缓的州加大力度。

Laggards (the remaining 16%) or skeptics will only use advanced technology if they have no other choice.

落伍者（剩下的16%）或怀疑论者，仅当没有其他选择时才使用先进的技术。

these laggards include America. It is not just infant mortality, an essential indicator, in which America lags behind (see chart).

美国不仅仅因为健康指标中一个基本指标，婴儿死亡率，才落后的（见图表）。

European companies are laggards in spending on research and development--but a new report offers a few upward trends.

欧洲公司对研究和发展的经费开支一向不是很积极--不过最近有一个新的报告展现了一些好的趋势。

However, the clear laggards in the emerging market world have been in central and eastern Europe.

然而，中东欧国家的表现明显落后于新兴市场地区的平均水平。

Japan continued to be among the laggards with 5. 7 per cent growth, which still left it number two in the global league table.

日本的研发支出增长5.7%，继续位居后列，但该国仍居全球研发支出排行榜的亚军。

Even when these laggards do pass their budgets, the pain will continue.

甚至当这些落后者都通过了预算案的时候，经济衰退带来的伤痛还是会继续。

In fact, the laggards sometimes have the best insights about the reasons their organizations would not adopt a new standard.

实际上，有时候落伍者对于自己的企业不采用新标准的原因最清楚。

Now, with markets shunning some Euro-laggards , doing the right thing is a matter of survival.

现在因为市场的需要摆脱了欧盟中拖后腿的国家，做正确的事情已经是生死攸关的了。

New investors may be unable to gain access to the top groups and end up funding the laggards .

新投资者可能无法接触到这些领先者，最终只能投资于落后者。

Several studies have shown that the investment in future stars rises sharply once laggards have been dumped.

研究表明，一旦拖后腿的部门被剥离，“明日之星”得到的投资会迅速增加。

There have been some notable equity laggards .

也有一些股市的表现明显落后。

Instead of helping kick-start an intergalactic green economy, VW are being climate laggards .

与帮助推动跨星系的绿色经济相反，大众在气候方面一直落后。

Laggards , such as the European Central Bank, do themselves and the world no favours by holding back.

在这方面落后的央行——例如欧洲央行——畏葸不前对它们自己和整个世界都没有好处。

Only a few laggards , such as Latvia and Ireland, are now likely still to be in recession.

只有少数的落后者，例如拉脱维亚和爱尔兰，如今可能仍然陷于经济衰退。

Old-media laggards will need to do the same.

滞后的旧媒体将需要做同样的事情。

The notable laggards are central and eastern Europe, where many countries relied too heavily on external debt.

最明显的落后者是中东欧，该地区的许多国家都过度依赖外债。