arrears

noun

1. 逾期欠款
   money that sb owes that they have not paid at the right time
   1. rent/mortgage/tax arrears
      拖欠租金 / 按揭贷款 / 税款

1. N-PLURAL 应付欠款；（尤指）逾期债款
   Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
   1. They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years...
      他们保证在随后的5年内偿付逾期债款。
   2. These 50,000 arrears cases represent a tiny fraction of all home owners.
      这5万个欠款案例只代表所有业主中的一小部分人。
2. PHRASE 拖欠（付款）
   If someone is in arrears with their payments, or has got into arrears, they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid.
   1. ...the 300,000 households who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgages.
      拖欠抵押贷款超过6个月的30万户家庭
   2. ...debtor countries which fall into arrears with the banks.
      拖欠银行贷款的债务国
3. PHRASE （工资等）后付的
   If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paid in arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
   1. Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
      失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
4. PHRASE （体育比赛中成绩或比分）落后的
   If someone is in arrears in a sports match or race, they are not winning, because they have a lower score or slower time than other competitors.
   1. Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
      戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。

1. Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
   失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
2. Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
   戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。
3. Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments
   有数千客户拖欠其贷款和抵押贷款还款。
4. Bailiffs need a certificate from the county court to seize goods for rent arrears.
   查封官需要有郡法院的证明才能没收货物以抵欠租。
5. He promised to pay me the arrears on time, but I don't believe he'll come across with it.
   他答应到时候把钱还给我，但我不相信他会这样做。
6. My phone cannot dial out due to arrears.
   我的手机欠了费，打不出去了。
7. As the man was unemployed, the Council decided to write off the arrears of rent.
   因为这个人失业，地方议会决定取消其欠租。
8. As unemployment spreads and wages fall, mortgage arrears and defaults soar.
   随着失业率的提高和工资的下降，按揭贷款拖欠和违约的情况会出现激增。
9. High percentage of payment in arrears has done serious harm to the development of construction industry.
   历年全国拖欠工程款的数额都居高不下，给施工企业的发展带来了严重危害。
10. They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.
    他们催讨拖欠的工钱。
11. Some months she was in arrears.
    有几个月没有寄钱来了。
12. Most of his other few possessions had long since been sold to pay arrears of rent.
    他的其他一些不多的财产大部分都早已被变卖还了欠租。
13. They were in arrears with their mortgage, so their home was repossessed.
    他们未按时还按揭贷款，所以房子被收回了。
14. More than half of the construction projects, enterprises are in arrears of the existence of the phenomenon.
    一半以上的建筑业企业都存在被拖欠工程款的现象。
15. The Subscription of Avoidance of Pursuing Tax Arrears; The company is guilty of evading the vat regulations.
    论逃避追缴欠税罪认定中的几个问题裁定该公司犯有逃避增值税规定管辖的罪行。
16. He was unable to reach agreement with Congress on paying off us arrears to the UN budget.
    在偿付美国对联合国欠款的问题上，他未能与美国国会达成一致。
17. Second, it is necessary to take measures to prevent new arrears.
    第二，有必要采取措施，防止新的拖欠。
18. He vanished leaving massive arrears.
    他突然失踪了，留下了大笔欠款。
19. He was two weeks in arrears with the rent.
    他已拖欠了两个星期的房租。
20. Cleaning up Loans in Arrears and Quickening the Fund Turnover of Enterprise.
    （七）清理拖欠货款，加快企业资金周转。
21. This priority also includes any dividends in arrears.
    这个优先权也包括拖欠股利。
22. The company finally paid the turnover tax in arrears.
    这间公司终于补交了他们偷漏的流转税。
23. EXAMPLE: The tenant lost his job and soon his rent payments were in arrears.
    房客失去了工作，不久他便拖欠租金。
24. As of December 3, dividends in arrears on the cumulative preferred stock total$ 10.
    到12月3日，累积拖欠优先股股利10美元。
25. Construction funds not in place, it will be easier in arrears.
    建设资金不到位，将可以更轻松的欠款。
26. The arrears payments were even more crippling.
    偿付欠款造成了更为严重的损害。
27. We're six months in arrears on the loan repayments.
    应偿还的贷款我们拖欠了六个月。
28. It is reported that this factory has falen into arrears with workers'wages.
    据报道，这家工厂拖次了工人工资。

n.

be in arrears

get/fall into arrears

• 到期未付；拖欠
  to be late in paying money that you owe
  1. We're two months in arrears with the rent.
     我们拖欠了两个月的租金。

in arrears

• 后付；拖欠；拖延
  if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done

noun

1. an unpaid overdue debt

2. the state of being behind in payments
   1. an account in arrears