“落伍的士兵”可以翻译为 “a soldier who has fallen behind” 或者更简洁地表达为 “a straggler soldier”(其中“straggler”本身就有“掉队者、落伍者”的含义)。不过,在日常交流或较为正式的写作中,“a soldier who has fallen behind” 更为直观和易于理解。