1N-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
2N-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.