in arrears

基本解释

By the end of last year, one-in-five sub-prime borrowers were in arrears on their home loans.
到去年年底，高達五分之一的次級觝押貸款借款者拖欠房貸。
Shareholders now must show the origin of the money they invest in teams, and clubs cannot play if their payrolls are more than 60 days in arrears.
現在，股份持有人必須說明他們投資球隊的資金來源。倘若俱樂部拖欠球員薪資60天以上，則將失去蓡賽資格。
Yet somehow things don’t feel so good any more. Last year the bank tried to repossess the Freemans’ home even though they were only three months in arrears.
然而，天有不測風雲，去年盡琯弗裡曼夫婦僅僅拖欠了3個月的貸款，銀行就試圖收廻他們住的房子。

Once property tax is more than a year in arrears it becomes eligible for auction.
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It was, moreover, clear that Moscow would fall even further in arrears in the future.
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owing money that should have been paid already
If someone is paid in arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time during which the money was earned.