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

• Our testing technology of spirits has made much progress, but we are also behindhand than western countries, especially in the respects of methods and equipments.
  我国的白酒检测技术虽然取得了很大的进步，但与国外的同行相比还有一定的差距，特别是在检测方法和检测设备方面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The aim is to provided some feasibility idea of low cost environment space art for economy behindhand region.
  旨在为经济落后地区地方化的低造价环境艺术空间建设方面提供一些可行的思路。
• 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。
• He did not want to be behindhand in generosity.
  他不愿在慷慨大方方面落于人后。
• 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。
• 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。