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

• 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。
• He is never behindhand in offering advice, ie is always eager to advise.
  他向别人提出劝告从来都很及时（一向热衷於劝人）。
• Currently, the domestic majority libraries were confronted with problems such as the shortage of funds, the isolated and behindhand management, and the inferior benefit.
  目前国内大多数图书馆面临经费不足，管理孤立落后，效益差等问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Behindhand with her car payments;
  迟迟才付清她购买汽车的费用；
• The liner's taper parameter impacts to the further improvement of the missile and the cannonball's performance directly, however, the current taper detection means is quite behindhand.
  药形罩的锥度参数直接影响导弹及炮弹的性能，然而当前国内的锥度检测手段十分落后，锥度检测已成为阻碍进一步提高炮弹性能的重要因素。
• 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。