backwaters
n. 死水( backwater的名詞複數 ); 滯水; 閉塞的地方; 不受外界事件或新思想影響的地方
A backwater is a place that is isolated.
...a quiet rural backwater.
僻靜的鄉村
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...
英國有變成在世界上沒有真正影響力的政治死水之虞。
This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington...
這個機構將淪落為華盛頓閉塞落後之地。
This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.
這個機構將淪落為華盛頓閉塞落後之地。
It came from the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta.
它產生於密西西比河三角洲一帶.
The bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos.
小河和死水是蚊子滋生的地方.