backwater音标

英 [ˈbækwɔ:tə(r)]

美 [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]

backwater基本释义

n.回水；回水河汊；穷乡僻壤

backwater用法及例句

noun

1. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring

e.g. the country is an economic backwater

2. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

e.g. the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos

1. 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方A backwater is a place that is isolated.

e.g. ...a quiet rural backwater.僻静的乡村

2. 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.

e.g. 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*治死水之虞。e.g. 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。

1. 回水：为什么这明明是些小河小溪,当地人却不肯称其为河,偏偏要将它们称做回水(backwater)呢?原来,距这些河流不远处就是波涛汹涌的印度洋,河水与海水相距*近处不过十几米. 在小河与大洋之间的并不是横亘的山脉陡崖,通常不过是区区一两米高的沙丘.

2. 死水：然后卡拉拉(Kerala)的死水(backwater)是和泰姬陵齐名的世界50个必须要去的地方,而我们打算在租一条房船(houseboat)在这个著名的水域上度过一晚,尽情欣赏这热带美景,因此看点之二是究竟什么成就了卡拉拉死水之美.

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4. 循环水：backwater trap 回水存水弯 | backwater 循环水 | backway 后退距离

近义词

临近词

backwoods未开垦地

sticks偏远的乡村

provincial省的

the back of beyond极远的地方(天涯海角...

boondocks森林地带

backwards

backyard

backwater head

backwater pump

backwater end

backwater wave

backwater area

backwater slope

backwater zone

backwater jump

backwater trap

backwater gate

相关列句

Southerners whisper that no one would show up if Parliament were based in a backwater such as Manchester.(南方人说，如果议会在诸如闭塞的曼彻斯特开会，将没有一个人到场。)

They look down upon those who live in intellectual backwater.(他们瞧不起智力处于停滞状态的人。)

On the backwater of calm, I am not in the mood to view.(对一潭死水的平静，我没有心情观赏。)

It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in modern Europe.(有关北爱尔兰是现代欧洲的一潭死水的说法已经是陈词滥调了。)

Since the mid-1990s it has become obvious that the bottleneck would need to be cleared, or the canal would become a backwater.(90年代中期以来，这一瓶颈问题愈发突出，运河亟需扩建疏导，否则将变成死水。)

We have been located in a backwater part of the galactic rim.(我们位于银河系边缘的偏远山区。)

From being a little-visited Bohemian backwater, it became the glittering jewel in the central European crown.(布拉格已经从鲜有人问津的波西米亚腐水塘，变成中欧皇冠上闪亮的珠宝。)

Western governments are, however, worried that trouble may be brewing in this backwater.(但是，许多西方国家担心这潭死水正酝酿着麻烦。)

Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.(有些人在回水河汊玩水球。)

Stop the struggle, the rivers will become a backwater.(停止奋斗的脚步，江河就会沦为一潭死水。)