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。
• I'm a bit behindhand with my work.
  我工作上落后了一些。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。