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backwater
[英] [ˈbækwɔ:tə] [美] [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ] 生词本

n.

v.

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1. N-COUNT 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方 A backwater is a place that is isolated. 

  • ...a quiet rural backwater.

    僻静的乡村

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. 

  • 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。

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. any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress

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