单词time-lag
na.: (一事和另一事之间的)时间间隔；【物】时滞
网络: 延迟；延时；时间滞差
（两件相关事件的）时间间隔，时滞:
the period of time between two connected events
时延
时滞
It is quite possible that there may have been some time lag over the eons due to movements of Moon around the sun.
相当有可能的是，由于月亮围绕太阳运动，无数世代以来，有了一些时间滞差。
"There"s always a time lag, " he adds, noting that the company is now preoccupied with shipping retail clients" spring orders.
他还表示：“总是存在时滞。”他指出，公司目前正全神贯注地发送零售客户的春季订单。
But it is already a great step forward to be able to shorten the time lag between the settlements of the two legs of the transactions.
但能够缩短交易中两个部分的交收时间差距，已是向前迈出了一大步。
The Lab. must be able to carry out routine tests with a minimum of time lag between sampling and testing.
实验室必须能够在取样以后一个最小间隔时间内完成常规检验。
Phil Woolas, the Immigration Minister, said that there was likely to be a "time lag" in non-UK workers losing their jobs during a downturn.
移民部长菲尔表示，在萧条时期，非英国出生劳工的失业可能存在着一个“时滞”。
SDDS requires that annual IIP statistics are to be disseminated as from the reference year of 2001, with a time lag of two quarters.
规定二零零一年的按年国际投资头寸统计数据须于统计期后两季内发布。
That might reflect a time-lag; after all, inequality did not really start to decline until the mid-1930s.
这或许反映出一种时间上的滞后；毕竟，上一次，收入差距直到上世纪30年代中期才开始缩小。
Lower commodity prices will likely bring some relief to parts of the region, though there will likely be a time lag.
尽管对亚洲部分地区来说，商品价格下降有望给它们带来些许解脱，不过这里面可能会有一定的时间滞后。
The effects of steroids that are mediated by the modulation of gene expression are known to occur with a time lag of hours or even days.
类固醇激素的影响是介导的基因表达调控的已知发生的时间差数小时甚至数天。
With respect to both the businessman and the individual, however, such a balance usually involves a time lag.
然而，从商人和个人范畴考虑，这样之平衡往往有一个时间差。