behindhand是什么意思？

behindhand

英[bɪˈhaɪndhænd] 美[bɪˈhaɪndˌhænd]

• adv. （较正式）迟，慢，过期，拖欠；

例句

• His business faculty is small, and he is behindhand in his circumstances. 他的经商才干有限, 他已捉襟见肘.
• My menstruation came 4 days behindhand, excuse me influential? 我的月经迟来了4天, 请问有影响 吗 ?
• He did not want to be behindhand in generosity. 他不愿在慷慨大方方面落于人后.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  （进度）落后的，拖延的
  If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. behind schedule;
  "was behindhand with the rent"
• Adverb
  1. in debt;
  "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"