| 单词 | drag |
| 释义 | drag drag // verb, noun
■ verb (-gg-)
1 [+ obj] to move some text, an icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse: Click on the file and drag it across. You can drag and drop text between the two windows (= move it from one window and put it in the other). ⇨ DROP verb (4)
2 [+ obj or no obj] (used with an adverb or a preposition) to make an economy, a market, etc. decrease in size or grow more slowly; to bring sth to a lower level: Low consumer demand is dragging the economy down. Poor sales dragged the firm to a loss of $659 million. Deflation continues to drag on the economy. The firm has been dragged into the red by high expenses.
3 [+ obj] (used with an adverb or a preposition) to use a lot of effort to make sb/sth go in a particular direction: The store is offering big discounts to drag shoppers in. These policies are aimed at dragging the country out of recession.
■ noun [C, usually sing.]
FISCAL DRAG
something that causes an economy, a market, etc. to decrease in size or value or to grow more slowly: Rising oil prices are a potential drag on growth. The high national debt is acting as a drag on the economy. |
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