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BNC: 19038 COCA: 15628
backwater
bækwɔːtəʳ ˈbækˌwɔtər
Word forms: plural backwaters
1 N-COUNT 闭塞的地方;与世隔绝的地方 A backwater is a place that is isolated. 闭塞的地方;与世隔绝的地方
  • ...a quiet rural backwater.

    僻静的乡村

SYN isolated place, backwoods, remote place, sleepy town
2 N-COUNT 停滞(或落后)的地方;一潭死水 If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions. 停滞(或落后)的地方;一潭死水 [disapproval]
  • 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。

  • This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.

    这个机构将沦落为华盛顿闭塞落后之地。

  • 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。

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Boring places and things: bore, backwater, yawn...
Parts of lakes, rivers and streams: backwater, bayou, bed...

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