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arrears

英 [ə'rɪəz] 美[ə'rɪrz]

英英释义词组搭配实用场景例句

n. [会计] 拖欠；待完成的事；应付欠款

TEM8低频词

助记提示

1. from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + retro "behind" (see retro-).

中文词源

arrears 逾期欠款

来自拉丁短语ad retro, 应用于经济学指滞后，欠款。

英文词源

arrears (n.): mid-14c., "in times past," from Old French ariere "behind, backward," from Vulgar Latin *ad retro, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + retro "behind" (see retro-). Meaning "balance due" dates from early 15c.; phrase in arrears first recorded 1610s, but in arrearages is from late 14c.

双语例句

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。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.: 失业救济金延后两个星期支付。