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的發(fā)展，沙嶺路可能會被遠遠地甩在後麪。
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都在考慮高速鉄路了，英國很有可能被遠遠地落在後麪。
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那些在智力方麪已被人類遠遠拋在後麪的物種投以悲憐的眼光，而是含蓄地提出一個問題：人類智慧的真正代價可能是什麼。

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