backwater的中文翻译是什么意思

backwater

US/ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ/
UK/ˈbækwɔ:tə(r)/

n. 回水,回流; 滞水,死水; 闭塞的地方; 不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方

backwater柯林斯释义

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

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。

backwater英文释义

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

    backwater场景例句

    BURP . Arrggh. Another fancy pants adventurer, come to save us backwater fools.

    嗝,呃啊啊. 又是一个衣着光鲜的冒险者, 来拯救我们这些回水站的蠢货了.

    Cooling system of tool with backwater tank, filter, pump and installation until the adjacencies of spindle.

    配有背负式水箱 、 过滤 、 水泵等直达主轴端部的冷却系统.

    Its origins lie in the credit markets, coverage of which in most news organizations a backwater.

    其发源地在于信贷市场, 而多数新闻机构将对这一领域的报道视为死水区.

    The backwater surface profile of Chongqing section ends at Jiangjin after of the Three Gorges Reservoir.

    三峡水库成库后,重庆河段回水曲线受库区水位影响,至江津才尖灭.

    Muscle is a backwater!

    肌肉只是个冷门!

    查看更多例句

    backwater词性变形

    backwaters

    backwater近义词

    provincial