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。
• Nowadays, though more and more manufacture corporation realized the development of digital products based on web and computer application system, most of the product development modes are behindhand, which baffles the improvement of product development.
  目前，越来越多的制造企业实现了基于网络和计算机应用系统的数字化产品开发，但大部分产品开发模式落后，缺乏有效的管理手段，阻碍了制造企业产品研制能力的迅速提升。
• 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。
• They are always behindhand with their payment.
  他们总是逾期付款。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。