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

• 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。
• I worked late last night because I was behindhand with my accounts.
  昨天我因为账算得很慢所以工作到深夜。
• But this is the behindhand reason of northeastern economy.
  然而，又由于这种文化存在种种缺陷，造成东北经济上的落后。
• He is never behindhand in offering advice, ie is always eager to advise.
  他向别人提出劝告从来都很及时（一向热衷於劝人）。
• 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。
• However, because of history and itself reason, Chinese housing industry is still on the childish stage, and traditional manufacturing means and behindhand management mode have confined the development of housing industry.
  然而，由于历史及自身原因，我国住宅产业发展仍处于稚嫩阶段，传统生产方式，落后管理模式和粗放型的经济增长，已严重制约了住宅产业的发展。
• Behindhand with her car payments;
  迟迟才付清她购买汽车的费用；
• 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。
• Accordingly, the technology of rainwater utilization is behindhand and short of systematization.
  雨水利用技术还较落后，缺乏系统性。
• They are always behindhand with their payment.
  他们总是逾期付款。