I haven't got a copper farthing here, —unless Perrotet, who is behindhand with his rent, should pay up.
我这儿一分钱也没有,——除非佩罗泰拖欠房租,他应该付清。
地心游记-The journey to the heart of the Earth
Martha must have concluded that she was very much behindhand, for the dinner had only just been put into the oven.
玛莎肯定认为自己已经落后很多了,因为晚餐才刚刚放进烤箱。
雾都孤儿(原版)
If Oliver were behindhand in these respects, he knew where the best were to be found; and morning after morning they scoured the country together, and brought home the fairest that blossomed.