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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Technique is behindhand, effective technical support is lack.
  技术落后，缺乏有效的技术支撑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our testing technology of spirits has made much progress, but we are also behindhand than western countries, especially in the respects of methods and equipments.
  我国的白酒检测技术虽然取得了很大的进步，但与国外的同行相比还有一定的差距，特别是在检测方法和检测设备方面。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。