money that somebody owes that they have not paid at the right time 逾期欠款 rent/mortgage/tax arrears 拖欠租金／按揭贷款／税款
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million. 该国 4 亿美元的贷款已累计拖欠 8,000 万美元。 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军饷。 The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent. 地方当局必须尽量追回拖欠的租金。 There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments. 拖欠支付利息的现象急剧增加。 The family is facing eviction over mortgage arrears. 这个家庭因拖欠抵押贷款而面临被驱逐。 Unions are demanding the settlement of pay arrears. 工会正要求解决工资拖欠问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- debt
- mortgage
- rent
- …
- fall into
- get into
- owe
- …
- amount to something
- total something
- in arrears
- arrears on
Word OriginMiddle English (first used in the phrase in arrear): from arrear (adverb) ‘behind, overdue’, from Old French arere, from medieval Latin adretro, from ad- ‘towards’ + retro ‘backwards’.
Idioms
be in arrears | get/fall into arrears
to be late in paying money that you owe 到期未付；拖欠 We're two months in arrears with the rent. 我们拖欠了两个月的租金。 Our tenants have fallen into arrears with their rent. 我们的房客已经拖欠了租金。
in arrears
if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done 后付；拖欠；拖延 You will be paid monthly in arrears. 你的工资将按月后付。