| 释义 |
arrears/əˈriəz/n. pl. an amount still outstanding or uncompleted, esp. work undone or a debt unpaid 未完部分；(尤指)未完成的工作；应付欠款 □ in arrears (or arrear) behindhand, esp. in payment 滞后；拖欠(尤指付款) □ arrearage n.[Middle English (originally as adv.) via Old French arere from medieval Latin adretro (as AD-, retro ‘backwards’): first used in the phrase in arrear] |