behindhand
/bɪˈhaɪndhænd/adjective
predic.
1- late or slow in doing something, especially paying a debt（尤指还债）拖延的, 迟缓的, 拖欠的：
I do not want to be behindhand with my shipmates
我不想拖欠同船船员的债
the Yoruba have not been behindhand in economic activity.
约鲁巴人的经济活动向来不迟缓。
1.1
- archaic unaware of recent events〈古〉信息闭塞的, 落伍的：
you are miserably behindhand-Mr Cole gave me a hint of it six weeks ago.
你落伍了, 真可悲——科尔先生六周前就暗示我了。
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