plodders

Until recently insurers were seen as the plodders of the financial system.

直到近期，保险公司还被看作金融体系中“老黄牛”。

Forget hours of work, English dons insist: the world holds both quick learners and plodders. What matters is what a student has learned.

别看工作时间，英国导师们坚持道，世上既有脑子灵快的，也有慢而勤奋的，关键是学生学到了什么。