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

• 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。
• 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。
• In the last two minutes the tactics between the one-up team and the behindhand team is quiet different.
  在最后两分钟里领先队与落后队运用战术打法截然不同。
• The way of adjustment in economic law shows strongly economic duty and character of behindhand.
  经济法的法律调整方式具有附带极强经济性的义务性和主要事后性；
• But the studies on them is seriously behindhand.
  这些化合物的研究严重滞后，但确实蕴藏着丰富的演化信息。
• 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。
• The process of realizing the system is narrated and it is pointed out that after the implementing of the system, the behindhand visage of index of topographic graph is changed and that work efficiency is improved and that social and economic benefits are gained better.
  叙述了该系统的实现过程，指出，该系统实施后，改变了地形图检索的落后面貌，提高了工作效率，取得较好的社会和经济效益。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。