left in the dust

基本解釋

As this localization trend picks up, Sand Hill Road may be left in the dust.
隨著這種本地化趨勢(shì)的發(fā)展，沙嶺路可能會(huì)被遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地甩在後麪。
He argued that, with even rail-phobic America now considering fast trains, Britain risked being left in the dust.
他辯稱，現(xiàn)在連患鉄路恐怖癥的美國(guó)都在考慮高速鉄路了，英國(guó)很有可能被遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地落在後麪。
Instead of casting a wistful glance10at all the species we’ve left in the dust I.Q.wise, it implicitly asks what the real 11of our own intelligence might be.
該研究不是要我們對(duì)那些在智力方麪已被人類遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)拋在後麪的物種投以悲憐的眼光，而是含蓄地提出一個(gè)問(wèn)題：人類智慧的真正代價(jià)可能是什麼。

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