backwater

英 [ˈbækwɔːtə(r)]

美 [ˈbækwɔːtər]

n.  (河流的)滞水，壅水，回水; 与世隔绝的(或缺乏生气的、落后的)地区

复数：backwaters　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19038 / COCA.15628

牛津词典

noun

• （河流的）滞水，壅水，回水
  a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly
• 与世隔绝的（或缺乏生气的、落后的）地区
  a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc.
  1. a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater
     沉寂的 / 宁静的 / 乡下的落后地区

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方
  Abackwateris a place that is isolated.
  1. ...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 abackwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
  1. the country is an economic backwater
• a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
  1. the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos

双语例句

• The backwater regions of the free vibration of sliding systems with linear, hardening or softening restoring force are analyzed comprehensively; relevant analytical solutions are obtained;
  综合分析了线性、渐硬和渐软恢复力滑移系统自由振动的停滞区，给出了三种滑移系统停滞区的解析解；
• Not because your department is a backwater; backwaters can be perfectly nice.
  不是因为你的部门是一潭死水；死水可以变活。
• But Egypt, despite a cadre of well-educated young people, has struggled as an economic backwater.
  但是尽管埃及拥有一大批受过良好教育的青年骨干人才，可它的国民经济却在衰退中苦苦挣扎。
• It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
  说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。
• Bridge design criteria of design floods for such purposes as the evaluation of backwater, clearance, and overtopping has been established.
  已经确立了设计洪水的桥梁设计标准，用以实现评估回水、桥下净空及满溢的目的。
• These ever-accelerating changes have transformed China from a Communist backwater to the world's fourth-largest economy.
  几十年来中国社会发生了翻天覆地的变化，曾经的一潭死水如今已跃升为全球第四大经济体。
• 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。
• The town is a cultural backwater.
  这个城镇是一个文化贫瘠的地方。
• Seasonal Variation of Trophic States in Backwater Areas of Tributaries in Three Gorges Reservoir
  湖体处于中度富营养状态。三峡水库支流回水区营养状态季节变化
• My dream, it is not a backwater.
  我的梦，它不是一潭死水。