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

• 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。
• 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 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；
• 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
• They are always behindhand with their payment.
  他们总是逾期付款。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Technique is behindhand, effective technical support is lack.
  技术落后，缺乏有效的技术支撑。
• 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。