backwaters的中文翻译是什么意思

backwaters

/ˈbækwɔ:təz/

n. 死水( backwater的名词复数 ); 滞水; 闭塞的地方; 不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方

backwaters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。

backwaters场景例句

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。

It came from the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta.

它产生于密西西比河三角洲一带.

The bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos.

小河和死水是蚊子滋生的地方.