arrear

英 [ə'riə] 美 [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

• account in arrear 积欠
• amount in arrear 拖欠金额
• in arrear 拖欠
• in arrear of 赶不上

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