backwater

英 [ˈbækwɔːtə(r)]

美 [ˈbækwɔːtər]

n.  (河流的)滞水，壅水，回水; 与世隔绝的(或缺乏生气的、落后的)地区

复数：backwaters　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19038 / COCA.15628

牛津词典

noun

• （河流的）滞水，壅水，回水
  a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly
• 与世隔绝的（或缺乏生气的、落后的）地区
  a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc.
  1. a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater
     沉寂的 / 宁静的 / 乡下的落后地区

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方
  Abackwateris a place that is isolated.
  1. ...a quiet rural backwater.
     僻静的乡村
• N-COUNT 停滞（或落后）的地方；一潭死水
  If you refer to a place or institution as abackwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
  1. the country is an economic backwater
• a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
  1. the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos

双语例句

• 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。
• Fluvial process and waterway regulation in fluctuating backwater area of the Three Gorges
  三峡水库变动回水区河床演变及航道整治
• But Egypt, despite a cadre of well-educated young people, has struggled as an economic backwater.
  但是尽管埃及拥有一大批受过良好教育的青年骨干人才，可它的国民经济却在衰退中苦苦挣扎。
• There aren't any good shops in this village; it's just a backwater.
  这个村庄没有什么好店铺，简直是穷乡僻壤。
• The reach of Chongqing City is in the variable backwater region of Three Gorges Reservoir, and it is also the reach as the Jialingjiang River flowing into the Yangtse River.
  重庆主城区河段处于三峡水库变动回水区，又是嘉陵江汇入长江的河段，水流条件和泥沙运动十分复杂。
• I work for a big media group as head of a department that is something of a backwater.
  我是一家大型媒体公司的部门主管，而这个部门犹如一潭死水。
• Analysis for the reasonable dock and port form in fluctuating backwater area of the Three Gorges Reservoir
  三峡库区变动回水区港口码头合理型式分析
• These ever-accelerating changes have transformed China from a Communist backwater to the world's fourth-largest economy.
  几十年来中国社会发生了翻天覆地的变化，曾经的一潭死水如今已跃升为全球第四大经济体。
• Today most Freuds live in London, and Vienna is a backwater.
  如今，大多数弗洛伊德们生活在伦敦，维也纳成了一潭死水。
• My dream, it is not a backwater.
  我的梦，它不是一潭死水。