behindhand

英 [bɪˈhaɪndhænd]

美 [bɪˈhaɪndhænd]

adj.  拖欠; 拖拉

牛津词典

adj.

• 拖欠；拖拉
  late in doing sth or in paying money that is owed
  1. They were behindhand in settling their debts.
     他们没有及时还清债务。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （进度）落后的，拖延的
  If someone isbehindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
  1. Poor Dr Pegler got terribly behindhand with his appointments.
     可怜的佩格勒博士大大落后于当初的约定。

英英释义

adj

• behind schedule
  1. was behindhand with the rent

adv

• in debt
  1. he fell behind with his mortgage payments
  2. a month behind in the rent
  3. a company that has been run behindhand for years
  4. in arrears with their utility bills
  Synonym:behindin arrears

双语例句

• Now, live with close the door, I say the words behindhand.
  现在关着门过日子，我说那落后的话呢。
• They are always behindhand with their payment. The business can not be done when it is overdue.
  他们总是逾期付款。逾期不予办理这项业务。
• Another extended program is Social Service at PRD, focus on the behindhand region, take the young students into a vivid and exiting scientific word with games and experiments etc.
  以及为内地落后地区小学生提供的义务教育活动，让他们可以在游戏实验中学习科学原理等等。
• His business faculty is small, and he is behindhand in his circumstances.
  他的经商才干有限，他已捉襟见肘。
• The aim is to provided some feasibility idea of low cost environment space art for economy behindhand region.
  旨在为经济落后地区地方化的低造价环境艺术空间建设方面提供一些可行的思路。
• Technique is behindhand, effective technical support is lack.
  技术落后，缺乏有效的技术支撑。
• On the Cultural Resistance to the Modernization of Chinese Police With an Analysis on the Effect of Behindhand Education
  中国警政近代化过程中的文化阻力&兼论落后教育的影响
• Behindhand with her car payments;
  迟迟才付清她购买汽车的费用；
• He fell behind with his mortgage payments; a month behind in the rent; a company that has been run behindhand for years; in arrears with their utility bills.
  他没有按时付抵押款；租期过后的一个月；一个非常落后的公司；拖欠他们的设备款。
• He did not want to be behindhand in generosity.
  他不愿在慷慨大方方面落于人后。