ADJECTIVE | VERB + ARREARS | ARREARS + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤debt, mortgage, rent, tax欠債;拖欠的按揭貸款;所欠租金;積欠稅款VERB + ARREARS➤fall into, get into, owe拖欠債款;欠債◇They fell into arrears with their rent.他們拖欠了租金。◇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軍餉。➤accumulate累積欠債◇The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million.該國 4 億美元的貸款已累計拖欠 8,000 萬美元。➤pay, pay off支付/付清欠款◇She was struggling to pay off her mortgage arrears.她正努力償清她的按揭欠款。➤recover追回欠款◇The authorities must try to recover arrears of rent.當局必須設法追回拖欠的租金。ARREARS + VERB➤amount to sth, total sth欠債累計⋯/總計⋯◇By this time the arrears amounted to £12 000.到目前為止,欠款累計達到 12,000 英鎊。PREPOSITION➤in arrears拖欠;後付◇She was six months in arrears with the mortgage.她拖欠了 6 個月的按揭款。◇You will be paid monthly in arrears.你將在每月工作完成後獲得酬勞。➤arrears on⋯的拖欠款◇There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments.拖欠支付利息的現象急劇增加。