backwater
英 ['b?kw??t?]
美 ['b?kw?t?]
英文詞源
- backwater (n.)
- late 14c., "water behind a dam," from back (adj.) + water (n.1). Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899.
雙語例句
- 1. Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
- 魁北克直到20世紀60年代還是一片死氣沉沉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
- 說北愛爾蘭是現代歐洲死氣沉沉的落后地區已是陳詞濫調了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I find this town too much of a backwater.
- 我覺得這個城鎮太閉塞.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Life in a backwater of Southern Russia have began to grow weary for the Moscoweducated couple.
- 死氣沉沉的俄國南部生活一定使這對在莫斯科受過高等教育的夫婦感到厭煩.
來自辭典例句