arrears

英 [əˈrɪəz]

美 [əˈrɪrz]

n.  逾期欠款

复数：arrears　

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习惯用语

n.

be in arrearsget/fall into arrears
• 到期未付；拖欠
  to be late in paying money that you owe
• We're two months in arrears with the rent.
  我们拖欠了两个月的租金。
in arrears
• 后付；拖欠；拖延
  if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done

牛津词典

noun

• 逾期欠款
  money that sb owes that they have not paid at the right time
  1. rent/mortgage/tax arrears
     拖欠租金 / 按揭贷款 / 税款

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 应付欠款；（尤指）逾期债款
  Arrearsare amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
  1. They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years...
     他们保证在随后的5年内偿付逾期债款。
  2. These 50,000 arrears cases represent a tiny fraction of all home owners.
     这5万个欠款案例只代表所有业主中的一小部分人。
• PHRASE 拖欠（付款）
  If someone isin arrears withtheir payments, or has gotinto arrears, they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid.
  1. ...the 300,000 households who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgages.
     拖欠抵押贷款超过6个月的30万户家庭
  2. ...debtor countries which fall into arrears with the banks.
     拖欠银行贷款的债务国
• PHRASE （工资等）后付的
  If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paidin arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
  1. Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
     失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
• PHRASE （体育比赛中成绩或比分）落后的
  If someone isin arrearsin a sports match or race, they are not winning, because they have a lower score or slower time than other competitors.
  1. Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
     戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。

英英释义

noun

• an unpaid overdue debt
• the state of being behind in payments
  1. an account in arrears

双语例句

• He was two weeks in arrears with the rent.
  他已拖欠了两个星期的房租。
• High percentage of payment in arrears has done serious harm to the development of construction industry.
  历年全国拖欠工程款的数额都居高不下，给施工企业的发展带来了严重危害。
• Construction funds not in place, it will be easier in arrears.
  建设资金不到位，将可以更轻松的欠款。
• They were in arrears with their mortgage, so their home was repossessed.
  他们未按时还按揭贷款，所以房子被收回了。
• Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
  失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
• This priority also includes any dividends in arrears.
  这个优先权也包括拖欠股利。
• Cleaning up Loans in Arrears and Quickening the Fund Turnover of Enterprise.
  （七）清理拖欠货款，加快企业资金周转。
• Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
  戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。
• EXAMPLE: The tenant lost his job and soon his rent payments were in arrears.
  房客失去了工作，不久他便拖欠租金。
• They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.
  他们催讨拖欠的工钱。