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.
  他们总是逾期付款。
• Technique is behindhand, effective technical support is lack.
  技术落后，缺乏有效的技术支撑。
• I'm a bit behindhand with my work.
  我工作上落后了一些。
• 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。
• However, the research on the monitoring and control of combustion in furnaces is behindhand.
  然而三大主机中，相对于汽机和发电机组来说，用于判断燃烧状况的炉内燃烧监测技术的研究却是一个相对薄弱的环节。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；