arrear

[ə'riə]     [ə'riə]    
  • n. 到期未付款;欠帐;未做之事

arrear的用法和样例:

例句

  1. I'm in arrears with the housework.
    我的家务事还拖著呢。
  2. The arts of medicine and surgery are somewhat in arrear in Africa.
    医疗和外科手术在非洲稍微有些落后。

词汇搭配

经典引文

  • The World is in Arrear to your Virtue.

    出自: Steele
  • I am two or three letters in arrear to different persons.

    出自: A. Knox
  • For years we've had a system whereby we pay tradesmen a term in arrears.

    出自: S. Raven
  • Others..had been evicted from their homes..because they'd fallen in arrears with the rent.

    出自: A. Brink
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