He walked with a drag.
他拖着脚走路。
Time seems to drag.
时间过得很慢。
I
dragged the chair over to the window.
我把椅子拖到了窗口那边。
Having to work late every day is a drag.
每天都得晚下班可真讨厌。
The vessel is also equipped with a world-leading air drag reduction system.
该船还配备了世界领先的空气减阻系统。
When the air drag reduction system is operational, a huge ship filled with more than 16,000 TEUs will be lifted by the air membrane like a hovercraft to minimize the resistance of seawater to the vessel, which is also key to its excellent environmental performance.
当空气减阻系统投入运行时，一艘满载16000多个标准箱的巨轮将像气垫船一样被空气膜吊起，以最大限度地减少海水对船只的阻力，这也是其卓越环保性能的关键。
The review process by the German government dragged on until well into this year.
德国政府的审查过程一直拖到今年。
The review process by the federal government dragged on until well into this year.
联邦政府的审查过程一直拖到今年。
It is essential to restore consumer confidence as COVID-induced lockdown in Shanghai has dragged consumption down 20 percent year-on-year in April alone in the city, said Jason Yu, general manager of consultancy Kantar Worldpanel in China, citing data tracked by the company.
咨询公司凯度世界面板（Kantar Worldpanel）中国区总经理Jason Yu援引该公司追踪的数据表示，恢复消费者信心至关重要，因为仅在4月份，上海因新冠疫情导致的封锁就使消费同比下降了20%。
Erke, a troubled domestic sports and lifestyle brand, probably never imagined that a donation to a flood-ravaged city would spark patriotic fervor and a craze for domestic sportswear that would drag it out of the financial doldrums.
埃尔克，一个陷入困境的国内体育和生活方式品牌，可能从未想过向一个遭受洪水蹂躏的城市捐款会激发爱国热情和对国内运动服的狂热，从而将其从金融低迷中拖出来。
Conglomerate sells stakes of over 10 billion yuan in biz to free up liquidityReal estate, once the cash cow that built China Evergrande Group, is becoming a drag on its development, the group's interim report showed.
She was quickly dragged away by security guards, who attempted to hide her from visitors with open umbrellas.
Boeing also must pay to store the planes, creating a heavier drag on the company's finances.
More than 600 shops will shut by next year in the four districts, a gloomy prospect that could drag retail rental charges down by as much as 30 percent, back to a level only seen a decade ago, according to the latest forecast from real estate agency Midland IC&I.
It's easy these days to lose the balance as people may stay on call around the clock or be dragged into unhealthy lifestyles.
Fonterra's global financial performance has been dragged down by its investment in Beingmate.
On the other hand, shares of Alibaba and Tencent tumbled, dragged down by global tech stocks.
The challenges facing the construction sector dragged down the group's total net profit and revenue, with profits falling 26.9 percent and revenue losing 6.6 percent.
Rengifo’s concerns on the drag of student loan debt on consumers are shared by Saah, but Saah downplays that threat because the main lender is the federal government.
Excluding the non-recurring items, the company's net profit slumped by 74.39 percent year-on-year, as research and overhead costs dragged down earnings.
Online discounter's robust business model gains support from investorsThe initial success of Chinese online discounter Pinduoduo Inc's Nasdaq debut suggested Wall Street's vote of confidence in its social-commerce business model, but the 3-year-old firm needs to watch out for issues ranging from counterfeits to portfolio limits that could drag on profitability in the long run, analysts said.
Steven Zhu, an analyst with market research firm Pacific Epoch, said that while the deal could put a drag on margins, there are a lot of synergies Alibaba can leverage, especially with its indigenous dining review service Koubei.
"Since State-owned enterprises play a significant role in China's economic growth, the central government has been promoting a series of reforms to cut overcapacity and low-productivity, which had dragged down profits.
Steven Zhu, an analyst with market research firm Pacific Epoch, said that while the deal could create a drag on margins, there are a lot of synergies Alibaba can leverage, especially with its indigenous dining review service Koubei.
In the United States, General Motors said it is checking whether its cars contain falsely certified parts or components sourced from Kobe, the latest major automaker to be dragged into the scandal.
The sluggish sales of its handsets dragged down TCL's overall performance.
The trading halt was once rumored to be related with Sunac's 15.04 billion-yuan investment in cash-strapped entertainment company LeEco, whose worsening financial crisis has dragged share price of Sunac 12 percent lower over the past four trading days, wiping more than HK$8 billion ($1.024 billion) off its market value.
"I was once asked by a Chinese colleague if our businesses would be dragged down by the gloomy outlook of the European Union following Brexit.
Li said in a Bloomberg Television interview that he expected approval for a separate US deal in November, but since then it has dragged on, without specifying the target company.
Overcapacity, poor corporate governance and low productivity had dragged down profits of China's SOEs, which deteriorated in 2015.
Last week, Dr David Dao was forcibly dragged from his seat on a United flight as the crew attempted to clear space on the overbooked flight for crew members.
While high-tech sectors saw buoyant investment growth of 10.3 percent year-on-year last year, the country's total fixed-asset investment expanded by 3 percent, dragged down by the 9.6 percent slump in real estate development investment, the NBS said.
Exports are also likely to pick up amid improving global demand for electronics and technology products, Wang said, adding that the weak property sector's drag on the economy may narrow as real estate development investment may stabilize and pick up in the second half of the year.
Mostly dragged by the decline in new market orders, the country's official purchasing managers index for the manufacturing sector fell to 49 in December from 49.4 in November, indicating that factory activity has contracted for the third consecutive month, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday.
Looking to the future, despite the likelihood of the property slump continuing to be a drag on the economy, analysts said that China's economy is likely to perform better in 2024 with a gradual recovery in domestic demand and consumption and an improvement in external financial conditions.
The economic drag from the property sector doldrums is expected to ease in 2024.
Citing the latest economic data, Zhou Maohua, a researcher at China Everbright Bank, said the recovery in consumption is slower than supply, and private investment continues to drag down the economy, pointing to the lack of effective demand.
It said that supported by policy measures to sustain consumption, industry and the housing market, China's growth picked up to a faster-than-expected 4.9 percent in the third quarter, bringing growth for the first nine months of 2023 to 5.2 percent, up from 3 percent for all of 2022, despite the drag from the property market correction.
A multi-year decline in demand will drag down the economy's potential output.
Despite the drag from slowing demand in major economies such as Europe and the United States, Wang said that China's foreign trade structure will continue to be optimized and upgraded in the fourth quarter.
Although the growth in new orders for services in November remained modest, it recorded the highest level since September, which surveyed businesses attributed to improved market fundamentals, the report said, adding that insufficient clients, however, would still put a drag on its overall growth.
Despite the improvement in some key indicators, she said the drag from the property sector intensified in October, estimating that the weakness in housing sales, starts and investments may remain through 2024, given the property correction process.
Despite the improvement in some key indicators, she said the drag from the property sector intensified in October, estimating that the weakness in housing salesand investments may stay through 2024, given the property correction process.
Food prices decreased 4 percent year-on-year in October as the slump in pork prices widened from 22 percent in September to 30.1 percent, which dragged the CPI down by 0.55 percentage points.
Though the increased downward pressure on the global economy and rising geopolitical tensions are still a drag on China's export activities, the export structure has been improving due to the country's ongoing efforts to upgrade its manufacturing sector, experts said.
Gong said it is sensible for China to further ease property market administrative restrictions in first-tier cities and reduce benchmark interest rates, which will lessen financing costs for enterprises — a drag on industrial profits and investment returns — and thus boost their willingness to expand investment and employment.
According to our calculations based on economic figures from two major cities in China, the pandemic dragged on growth momentum in these urban areas, and after three years, there has been a gap of 10-15 percentage points between the real and expected growth levels.
"The property sector has been a pillar of China's economy, but it has been a drag on the nation's economic recovery.
Analysts say the property sector, a pillar of the country's economy that has been a drag on economic recovery, will also embrace a notable recovery over the rest of the year, thanks to government support.
Zhong said September's PMI indicates that the drag from external demand has eased, policy pushes for infrastructure and real estate construction have promoted a recovery in related industries, and the mitigated debt burden of households is boosting the sectors of consumer goods and services.
In the January-August period, fixed-asset investment grew by 3.2 percent year-on-year, down 0.2 percentage point from the first seven months, dragged by an 8.8-percent drop in real estate development investment.
Difficulties in China,meanwhile, may drag down global growth the longer they fester.
"There may be a significant further drag in the pipeline," Powell said on Aug 25, a reason to hold off on further hikes and study how the economy evolves.
"Gauged by short-term indicators, the recovery of China's domestic demand in recent months slowed down from the first quarter as insufficient market demand and tepid endogenous impetus remained a drag on growth.
However, Guangdong province, which has the highest regional GDP and contributed nearly one-fifth of the country's total foreign trade value last year, was one of the underperformers and reported only a 5 percent growth in the first half, partly dragged down by negative export growth, which fell by 3.3 percent in US dollar terms.
Gauged by short-term indicators, the recovery of China's domestic demand in recent months slowed down from the first quarter as insufficient market demand and tepid endogenous impetus remained a drag on growth.
"With consumption recovering and the drag from falling construction activity easing, domestic demand growth will pick up in 2023," said Fitch Ratings.
With consumption recovering and the drag from falling construction activity easing, domestic demand growth will pick up in 2023," said Fitch Ratings.
Shrinking external demand will be a major drag on China's foreign trade for some time, Zhou said.
The decline in prices was dragged down by factors such as high base effects, hog prices, the impact of international commodity prices and price wars in the automobile industry.
"According to the Caixin report, the subindex for output came in only slightly above 50, and domestic demand became a main drag, with the subindex for total new orders falling back into contraction.
The year-on-year growth of the CPI in March was down from the CPI rise in February, dragged down by vegetable and fuel prices as well as relatively sluggish durable goods consumption.
Meanwhile, they warned that the foundations of recovery are not solid enough, saying that the economy could be dragged down by pressures from a cloudy global outlook, the fading of consumption momentum and challenges and uncertainties related to China's exports and the property sector.
The rapid recovery of household consumption and the high growth of infrastructure investment in the first quarter are the main driving forces for the economic recovery in the first quarter, Feng said, adding that resilient manufacturing investment and the diminishing drag effect of real estate investment have all boosted the economic growth.
Zhou Maohua, a macroeconomic analyst at China Everbright Bank, said the auto sector, which posted a 41.7 percent decline in profits according to NBS data, was a notable drag on manufacturing profits, due to such factors as dampening demand, rising production costs, subsidy phase-outs and price competition.
Due to changes in the external environment, less buoyant exports may drag on economic growth in 2023.
Wang said that while exports may be a drag on China's 2023 outlook, given softening global demand conditions and a gloomy global outlook, domestic demand — including both consumption and investment — will be key drivers propelling China's growth.
Loo said that exports will also continue to be a major drag on the outlook for 2023, given the softening global demand conditions, an eventual run-down inventories across key advanced economies and the ongoing global manufacturing and semiconductor downcycles.
The two economists have viewed "the more rapid pace of China's reopening along with a waning drag from global financial conditions and lower European gas prices" as good news for the world.
Even though weak performance in the real estate sector weighed on the economy in 2022, Kang said there are favorable conditions for the property sector to gradually stabilize, and it will not become a major drag on the economy as seen in the previous year.
NBS data showed that real estate development investment dropped 10 percent year-on-year last year, widening from a 9.8 percent decline in the first 11 months of the year and remaining a key drag on growth.
"I expect property activity to come down very substantially during the coming decades; that's going to be a long-lasting drag.
"I expect property activity to come down very substantially in coming decades; that's going to be a long-lasting drag.
This should stabilize the real estate sector in 2023 and reduce its drag effect on the economy.
Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, said while renewed COVID-19 outbreaks, a weak property sector and slowing exports dragged on China's growth in 2022, the economy will likely pick up in 2023 with the implementation of optimized COVID-19 containment measures and stronger policy support.
That real estate investment fails to achieve positive growth may be the biggest "gray rhino" next year, which will further drag down the rebound of fixed asset investment and the upward potential of GDP growth.
However, they warned of troubles in the real estate sector, as well as strong external headwinds being a drag on the economy, and underlined that improving expectations and boosting market confidence will hold the key to economic recovery next year.
Since the existing infrastructure gap acts as a drag on Africa's economic growth, the continent is in urgent need of upgrading its infrastructure through cooperation.
The sluggish performance of China's real estate sector also dragged on the recovery of both domestic demand and import demand, said Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank.
Ma Haiqian, vice-president of the Shanghai Academy of Development and Reform, said the third quarter's better-than-expected performance helped retrieve the lost ground of the first half, as the second quarter was hit hard by COVID-19 outbreaks, which dragged down economic growth to a negative reading.
"The issues on the property sector in China are also a source of drag on growth right now but on the positive side, we see the government being very proactive and taking a number of fiscal and monetary policy measures to steady the situation, which will lay the basis for a resilient and sustainable economic foothold," said Parvez.
Looking ahead, while the growth in industrial profits may continue to be dragged down amid downward pressures in the following months, the economy will likely be fueled by the country's new stimulus policies as well as follow-up measures to stabilize the real estate market, drive infrastructure development and spur consumption, Yin added.
Fixed-asset investment expanded by 5.7 percent in the January-July period, down from 6.1 percent for the January-June period, dragged by a 6.4 percent decline in real estate development investment, the NBS said.
Although the resurgent epidemic dragged Shanghai's GDP down by 5.7 percent year-on-year in the first six months of 2022, major economic indicators show signs of recovery thanks to the stabilizing and stimulative policies introduced earlier this year, the municipal government said on Monday.
Zheng Houcheng, director of the Yingda Securities Research Institute, said if the US continues to increase interest rates progressively, demand and output will both likely decline in the country, leading the economy into a recession, which could drag down the global economic recovery.
The soft infrastructure of the BRI sets the foundation for the digital economy, which is where real economic growth will come from in the post-pandemic era, Guppy said, because it removes the drag of intermediaries in the trade transaction process.
While various challenges and uncertainties drag down the world economy, China, responsible for one-third of global economic growth, is expected to provide the propulsion the world urgently needs, experts have said.
In addition, a downward trend in the real estate sector will also drag down consumption.
And when the impact brought by the COVID-19 pandemic dragged the US services sector down, its consumer goods consumption rebounded to trendline levels as early as June 2020, gaining back its driving role in the economy, and since then maintained high readings.
The real estate sector has continued to drag on growth, as people's homebuying willingness weakens.
"We should spare no effort to recover the production capacity dragged down by the recent COVID-19 outbreak," Xiao said during a recent meeting with local foreign-invested and trade companies.
Specifically, domestic COVID-19 cases and measures to control the virus have weighed on services in fields including catering, tourism, transportation, culture and entertainment, which may be a drag on the recovery of consumption and economic stability, Wang added.
- China's anti-pandemic approach of clearing COVID-19 infections in a timely manner has limited drag on the economy, Bloomberg said Tuesday, citing a report by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, which referred to the approach as a "COVID-zero" policy.
Although the policy has "dampened retail sales growth," that drag on economic activities is "limited to local communities rather than the entire nation," Bloomberg said, quoting the report.
Second, the cancellation of US financial subsidies, coupled with the tightening of its monetary policy and the weakening growth of commodity consumption, may drag down China's exports.
The need to replenish inventory in the United States will keep imports strong even as domestic demand transitions back to services," the economists said, adding more volatile growth in exports will result in trade being a drag on US economic growth in each quarter of the year.
The lackluster performance of the two indexes dragged the Caixin China General Composite PMI down by 0.3 percentage point to 51.2 in November.
Some analysts estimate that if the shortages of coal and power supplies are not addressed properly, they could hurt China's industrial production and drag down the overall economic growth.
Fu said that power curbs in some areas have impeded industrial production, though the impact will ease amid policy measures to boost power and coal supplies, while a slowing property sector has had a limited drag on the economy.
Analysts at Industrial Securities also deemed the drop in the pork price may drag down the rise in the CPI.
In the second half, we should speed up fiscal expenditure, especially to stabilize the growth rate of infrastructure investment and avoid infrastructure investment becoming a drag on economic growth.
"But such expectations have failed, while the tariff surges have damaged US companies' competence, dragged down US economic development, and hurt US people due to consequently higher product prices and fewer jobs.
Share of the manufacturing sector in GDP has fallen to 26 percent last year, compared with 27 percent in 2019, a trend that could drag down China's potential growth rate.
Dong said the relatively high base was the main factor that dragged the country's CPI into negative territory last month.