behindhand /bi'hamdhaend; bi'hamdyhaend/ pred adj 1 be/get ~ (with/in). be in arrears: 希欠; 拖延; 延擱： be ~ with the rent; 欠租; get ~ in one's work. 拖延工作。 2 late; after others: 遲延; 落后： He did not want to be ~ in generosity, later than others in being generous. 他在慷慨方面不欲后人。