backwaters是什么意思？

backwaters

• n. 死水( backwater的名词复数 )，滞水，闭塞的地方，不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方；

例句

• The bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos. 小河和死水是蚊子滋生的地方.
• It came from the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta. 它产生于密西西比河三角洲一带.
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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