每日一句 | “望尘莫及”用英语如何表达？

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eat someone's dust

望尘莫及

落后于某人

To fall far behind someone in a competitive situation.

dust /dʌst/ 

n. 灰尘；尘土

·  The veteran runner was performing at the best of his career, and everyone else in the race ate his dust.

那位经验丰富的赛跑选手正处于职业生涯的最佳状态，而其他参赛者都望尘莫及。

veteran /ˈvetərən/ 

n. 经验丰富的人；老手

perform /pəˈfɔː(r)m/ 

v. 表现

·  She let everybody know she was moving on to True Love and they could eat her dust.

她让每个人都知道她在追求真爱，他们都望尘莫及。

move on 

v. 罢手去做别的事

·  If you ignore new production methods, you will have to eat your competitors' dust.

如果你忽视新的生产方法，你就落后于你的竞争对手。

ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː(r)/ 

v. 忽视

production /prəˈdʌkʃn/

n. 生产

method /ˈmeθəd/ 

n. 方法

competitor /kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/ 

n. 竞争者

·  We've been eating the competitor's dust since they released their new line of smart phones.

自从竞争对手发布了新的智能手机系列以来，我们一直处于落后状态。