backwaters

英 [ˈbækˌwɔːtəz]

美 [ˈbæˌkwɔtərz]

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
backwater的复数

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。

双语例句

• We still skim the backwaters of ponds and streams for the seed of Betula, Acer Salix and Populus species.
  我们仍然要在池塘的静水上和溪流中捞取桦木，槭树、杨、柳等树的种子。
• Less aggressive than Gucci's in its styling, the show was inspired by McQueen's voyage across India, from tropical Cochin backwaters to Udaipur and Kathmandu.
  麦奎因的时装秀在式样上不像古姿那么咄咄逼人，其灵感来自他穿越印度的旅行，他从科钦的热带死水水域，一直走到了乌代浦和加德满都。
• It typifies the changes seen in many western towns that once were sleepy backwaters based on mining or timber.
  它是许多原本死水一潭的基于矿业或林业经济的西部城镇变革的典型。
• She decided that life in the backwaters of Yorkshire was too dull, so she moved to london.
  她觉得在约克郡这种死气沉沉的地方生活过于枯燥，所以就搬到伦敦。
• 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。
• Rural backwaters in Japan with excellent transport and civilised local shops and restaurants are a real novelty.
  风貌保存完好的日本乡村有着一流的交通和城市化的当地商店和餐馆，这对中国富人来说乃是真正的新奇所在。
• Some communities have chosen to live near protected backwaters, which offer the distance from the ocean while allowing them to haul in their boats at the end of the day.
  有些社区选择靠近受保护的回水区，因为这里既与大海保持了一定的距离，又可以在打完鱼后将渔船收在这里。
• Not because your department is a backwater; backwaters can be perfectly nice.
  不是因为你的部门是一潭死水；死水可以变活。
• Most of his critics, he says, are young people who are either ashamed he's airing China's dirty linen, or don't even realize that the corrupt backwaters he describes still exist in modern China.
  他说，大多数批评他的人是年轻人，他们或者不喜欢看到他揭露中国黑暗的一面，或者根本没有意识到他在书中描写的那些阴暗面依然存在于现代的中国。
• These things happen: bright young things never last long in backwaters.
  情况总是这样：年轻有为的人决不会在死水中待很久。