1N-PLURAL 應付欠款;(尤指)逾期債款Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier. 應付欠款;(尤指)逾期債款
They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years.
他們保證在随後的5年内償付逾期債款。
These 50,000 arrears cases represent a tiny fraction of all home owners.
這5萬個欠款案例只代表所有業主中的一小部分人。
2PHRASE 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. 拖欠(付款)
...the 300,000 households who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgages.
拖欠抵押貸款超過6個月的30萬戶家庭
...debtor countries which fall into arrears with the banks.
3PHRASE (工資等)後付的 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. (工資等)後付的
Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
失業救濟金延後兩個星期支付。
4PHRASE (體育比賽中成績或比分)落後的 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. (體育比賽中成績或比分)落後的
Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ARREARS | ARREARS + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤debt, mortgage, rent, tax欠債;拖欠的按揭貸款;所欠租金;積欠稅款VERB + ARREARS➤fall into, get into, owe拖欠債款;欠債◇They fell into arrears with their rent.他們拖欠了租金。◇The government has agreed to pay all arrears owed to members of the armed forces.政府已同意付清所有拖欠的軍餉。➤accumulate累積欠債◇The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million.該國 4 億美元的貸款已累計拖欠 8,000 萬美元。➤pay, pay off支付/付清欠款◇She was struggling to pay off her mortgage arrears.她正努力償清她的按揭欠款。➤recover追回欠款◇The authorities must try to recover arrears of rent.當局必須設法追回拖欠的租金。ARREARS + VERB➤amount to sth, total sth欠債累計⋯/總計⋯◇By this time the arrears amounted to £12 000.到目前為止,欠款累計達到 12,000 英鎊。PREPOSITION➤in arrears拖欠;後付◇She was six months in arrears with the mortgage.她拖欠了 6 個月的按揭款。◇You will be paid monthly in arrears.你將在每月工作完成後獲得酬勞。➤arrears on⋯的拖欠款◇There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments.拖欠支付利息的現象急劇增加。