Arrear

(adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

(n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.

哈利整理

• Say, Plornish, though six weeks in arrear to my proprietor, declines. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• My mother glances submissively at them, shuts the book, and lays it by as an arrear to be worked out when my other tasks are done. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The bills of the little household, which had been settled weekly, first fell into arrear. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Knowing how sadly dear Mr. Godfrey's charitable work was in arrear, I thought it odd that he should be going out driving, like an idle man. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You'll sell me up at last, I suppose, when I am a day in arrear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Molly, the housemaid, blubbered in the passage when he went away--Molly kind and faithful in spite of a long arrear of unpaid wages. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

校对:塔玛拉