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Recognising the hope that science and engineering can bring was the impetus behind the creation of the Millennium Technology Prize, which is now entering its 20th year as a celebration of human ingenuity.

认识到科学和工程能够带来的希望，正是设立千年技术奖的动力所在；作为对人类创造力的颂扬，该奖项如今已进入第20个年头。

Nearly 2,000 years ago, as the Romans began to pull out of Scotland, they left behind a curious treasure: 10 tons of nails, nearly a million of the things.

大约2000年前，罗马人开始撤出苏格兰时，留下了一批奇特的宝藏：10吨钉子，将近一百万枚。

Confor is now calling for much greater impetus behind those aspirations to ensure we have enough wood to meet increasing demand.”

Confor现在呼吁为这些愿景注入更大的推动力，以确保我们有足够的木材来满足日益增长的需求。”

The birth of predatory journals wasn’t far behind.

掠夺性期刊随之诞生。

Biological factors behind eye contact are being investigated.

眼神交流背后的生物学因素正在研究之中。

analyzing the causes behind it.

分析其背后的原因。

From life expectancy to cancer and infant mortality rates, we are lagging behind many of our peers.

从预期寿命到癌症和婴儿死亡率，我们都落后于许多同类国家。

With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.

由于角色界限日益模糊，加之家庭在为职业女性做出调整方面远远落后于职场，女性在家压力更大也就不足为奇了。

lag behind the others due to decreased opportunities.

因机会减少而落后于他人。

It can be hard for scientists to make the case because our work is complex, often takes place behind closed doors and does not always lend itself to easy interpretation or explanation.

科学家们可能很难为此辩护，因为我们的工作很复杂，往往在幕后进行，而且并不总是易于解读或解释。

“Reskilling” is something that sounds like a buzzword but is actually a requirement if we plan to have a future in which a lot of would-be workers do not get left behind.

“再培训”听起来像个时髦词，但如果我们希望在未来不让许多潜在劳动者掉队，它实际上是一项必需。

leave behind

留下；抛弃

There’s always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated “race to the finish line,” whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or lucrative career.

在社会上长期存在的“冲向终点的竞赛”中，人们总是担心落后于他人，无论终点是研究生院、医学院还是高薪职业。

The research of Till Von Wachter, the economist at Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind.

哥伦比亚大学经济学家蒂尔·冯·瓦赫特的研究表明，并非所有在衰退期毕业的人都会人生机遇黯淡：拥有名校学位的人能相当快地追赶上来，达到他们在经济较好时期毕业本应达到的水平；被甩在后面的是他们之下的普通大众。