in arrears
拖欠,積欠,積壓
Ar·rear, n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
For much I dread due payment by the Greeks
Of yesterday's arrear. --Cowper.
I have a large arrear of letters to write. --J. D. Forbes.
In arrear or In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.
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in arrears
adv : 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" [syn: behind, behindhand]