backwater

英['bækwɔːtə(r)] 美['bækwɔːtər]
  • n. 回水；回水河汊；穷乡僻壤
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam;

    "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

  2. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring;

    "the country is an economic backwater"

双语例句

1. Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世纪60年代还是一片死气沉沉。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英国有变成在世界上没有真正影响力的政治死水之虞。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I find this town too much of a backwater.
我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.

来自辞典例句

5. Life in a backwater of Southern Russia have began to grow weary for the Moscoweducated couple.
死气沉沉的俄国南部生活一定使这对在莫斯科受过高等教育的夫妇感到厌烦.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.
      有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
    2. There aren't any good shops in this village, it's a real backwater.
      在这村庄没有任何一间好的商店，真的是闭塞落后的地方。
    3. I find this town too much of a backwater.
      我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。

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