backwater

US [ˈbækˌwɔtər]
UK [ˈbækˌwɔːtə(r)]
  • n.(被阻退回的)回水；逆流；循环水；死水
  • v.倒划；〈美口〉放弃原来的立场；食言
  • Web回水区；水乡；回水泻湖区
Plural Form：backwaters  

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Web Definition

n.
1.
(被阻退回的)回水,回流;逆流;循环水,再用水;死水,滞水;〈比喻〉停滞;文化落后的地方
v.
1.
倒划,倒开船;〈美口〉放弃原来的立场;食言

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,回水回水,逆流逆流,循环水循环水,死水死水,倒划倒划,〈美口〉放弃原来的立场〈美口〉放弃原来的立场,食言食言,回水区回水区,水乡水乡,回水泻湖区回水泻湖区
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1.
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
远在银河系西旋臂末端，那片地图上没有标识出来的穷乡僻壤，有一颗不惹人注意的黄色小恒星。
yuǎn zài yín hé xì xī xuàn bì mò duān , nà piàn dì tú shàng méi yǒu biāo shí chū lái de qióng xiāng pì rǎng , yǒu yī kē bù rě rén zhù yì de huáng sè xiǎo héng xīng 。
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2.
China's rural areas, if mentioned at all, typically figure as impoverished backwaters.
而中国农村地区，如果被提到的话，也都只算是贫穷的角落。
ér zhōng guó nóng cūn dì qū , rú guǒ bèi tí dào de huà , yě dōu zhǐ suàn shì pín qióng de jiǎo luò 。
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3.
Countries like India and Brazil were, after all, once secluded backwaters fenced off by high tariffs.
毕竟，像印度和巴西等国家曾经因为高额关税的阻隔而停滞不前。
bì jìng , xiàng yìn dù hé bā xī děng guó jiā céng jīng yīn wèi gāo é guān shuì de zǔ gé ér tíng zhì bù qián 。
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4.
As Secretary of State Kissinger sent him next to the relative backwaters of Ecuador and Greece.
基辛格任国务卿后，随即将其派往相对落后的厄瓜多尔和希腊。
jī xīn gé rèn guó wù qīng hòu , suí jí jiāng qí pài wǎng xiāng duì luò hòu de è guā duō ěr hé xī là 。
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5.
These things happen : bright young things never last long in backwaters .
情况总是这样：年轻有为的人决不会在死水中待很久。
qíng kuàng zǒng shì zhè yàng : nián qīng yǒu wéi de rén jué bú huì zài sǐ shuǐ zhōng dāi hěn jiǔ 。
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6.
Probably he won't take any notice, because the views of those in backwaters are generally ignored.
他可能会不屑一顾，因为死水里的人的观点一般都不会被理睬。
tā kě néng huì bú xiè yí gù , yīn wèi sǐ shuǐ lǐ de rén de guān diǎn yì bān dōu bú huì bèi lǐ cǎi 。
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7.
It typifies the changes seen in many western towns that once were sleepy backwaters based on mining or timber.
它是许多原本死水一潭的基于矿业或林业经济的西部城镇变革的典型。
tā shì xǔ duō yuán běn sǐ shuǐ yì tán de jī yú kuàng yè huò lín yè jīng jì de xī bù chéng zhèn biàn gé de diǎn xíng 。
blog.sina.com.cn
8.
The photos are of Allepey and the backwaters of Kerala.
这些照片是有关于Allepey和喀拉拉邦死水的。
zhè xiē zhào piàn shì yǒu guān yú Allepey hé kā lā lā bāng sǐ shuǐ de 。
babyclub.women.sohu.com
9.
Can China's Backwaters Save the Global Economy?
中国的落后地区能否拯救全球经济？
zhōng guó de luò hòu dì qū néng fǒu zhěng jiù quán qiú jīng jì ?
article.yeeyan.org
10.
at the same time it condemns many of the teeming economies of the southern Med as chaotic backwaters.
与此同时它又将南地中海诸多经济体视为一团混沌的死水。
yǔ cǐ tóng shí tā yòu jiāng nán dì zhōng hǎi zhū duō jīng jì tǐ shì wéi yì tuán hùn dùn de sǐ shuǐ 。
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